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Wellington region goes to Alert Level 2 – Expert Reaction
Wellington will enter Alert Level 2 starting at 6pm tonight, in response to a traveller from Sydney who visited the […]
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Covid-19 case comes to Wellington – Expert Reaction
Wellingtonians are waiting to hear whether Alert Levels will change, after an infected person from Sydney spent last weekend in […]
Continue readingClimate change will make Wellington warmer – In the News
The country’s capital will have warmer autumns and rainier winters by 2090, according to a new Niwa climate report. The […]
Continue readingMajor slip blocks highway into Wellington – Expert reaction
Commuters heading north out of the capital face major delays getting home as a result of this afternoon’s landslip, which […]
Continue reading12-month deadline to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings -In the News
The Government will put up $3 million to strengthen unreinforced masonry on earthquake-prone buildings in Wellington, Lower Hutt and Marlborough […]
Continue readingEarthquake-damaged buildings – Expert Reaction
Despite Wellington not being at the epicentre of Monday morning’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake, it suffered extensive damage to buildings – […]
Continue readingWellington and sea level rise – Dominion Post
After the recent publication of Wellington City Council’s Sea Level Rise Options Analysis report, The Dominion Post’s Olivia Wannan looks at […]
Continue readingEarthquakes – engineering snapshot on 6.5M quake
IPENZ: The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) has today released an Engineering Snapshot – key points and lessons […]
Continue reading‘Slow slip’ quake beneath Wellington
Forty kilometres below Wellington two tectonic plates are grinding against each other in an almost imperceptible slow-motion earthquake. The Kapiti […]
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