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Do you take your preparedness on holiday with you? It is impossible to predict exactly when and where an earthquake will occur, or what the outcomes will be, but the intent of this story is to [...]

We haven’t been able to get out and about as much as we would have liked to this year. However, we were fortunate enough to take to the road recently with our friends at QuakeCoRE as part [...]

We can’t predict when or where New Zealand’s next large earthquake will be or how its impacts will be felt, but we can do more with what we have learnt – from experience and from [...]

AF8 was built on a strong foundation of scientific research, and has been supported over the last five years by 30 scientists from Resilience to Nature’s Challenges, QuakeCoRE, GNS Science and [...]

This year has continued our recent run of declared states of emergency around the country with what will be the largest All of Government response seen in New Zealand probably since the last [...]

The six South Island CDEM (Civil Defence Emergency Management) Groups and their partner agencies recently practiced a South Island-wide response to a major Alpine Fault earthquake. Exercise Rū [...]

Coordinated response planning for the next Alpine Fault earthquake continued in Nelson last Wednesday 23 October at the AF8 SAFER Forum. The AF8 SAFER (South Island Alpine Fault Earthquake [...]

Tourism operators, scientists, emergency managers and partner agencies gathered in Te Anau this week to attend the AF8 Tourism Forum. The Minister of Civil Defence Emergency Management, Hon. [...]

Last week the AF8 Roadshow: The Science Beneath Our Feet was awarded the EMPA Excellence Award for Emergency Communication Readiness and Resilience at the 2019 New Zealand EMPA Conference. [...]

Last month the AF8 Roadshow wrapped up its inaugural tour of the South Island. The Roadshow forms a pivotal part of AF8’s ongoing communication activities. While we can’t predict earthquakes we [...]