Summary for 2008

Date:Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 at 12:00 a.m.

Title:Five million dollar study of city's volcanoes

Abstract:A major research project is under way to improve the understanding of the vulnerability of the Auckland region to volcanic eruptions. The city is built on a volcanic field in which 50 volcanoes have erupted over the past 250,000 years.

Date:Friday Oct 3, 2008 at 12:00 a.m.

Title:Disaster Awareness Week (5 October-11October)

Abstract:Every year since the early nineties, the United Nations organises a World Disaster Reduction Campaign, which culminates on International Disaster Reduction Day, the second Wednesday of October (Wednesday 8th October 2008).

Date:Friday Sep 5, 2008 at 12:00 a.m.

Title:Research Shows Auckland’s Not Ready to Get Thru

Abstract:Research Shows Auckland’s Not Ready to Get Thru. New research out today has found that Auckland, or more precisely Aucklanders are the least prepared in the country for a natural disaster. The results, from a Colmar Brunton report into the effectiveness of the national Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management’s ‘Get Ready, Get Thru’ advertising campaign, showed Auckland was below the national average in all eight measures used to detect how ready a region is for an emergency.