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. [...]
The AF8 project has been recognised at the SOLGM Local Government Excellence® Awards, winning the BERL Award for Collaborative Government Action for their work leading Project AF8. The Alpine [...]
This morning we launched the SAFER Framework at the National Lifelines Utilities Forum in Wellington. The South Island Alpine Fault Earthquake Response (SAFER) Framework sets out a concept for [...]
Project AF8 has released four short videos (around 2 minutes each) to explain why we are taking the Alpine Fault so seriously and help people understand how they can be prepared for the [...]
Project AF8 planning workshops for a major magnitude 8.2 Alpine Fault earthquake are continuing apace throughout the South Island. These workshops are part of a series being held in each of [...]
Representatives of fifty organisations from throughout Otago met in Dunedin today to participate in planning for the first week of response to a major Alpine Fault earthquake. The planning [...]
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AF8 [Alpine Fault Magnitude 8] is an award-winning programme of scientific modelling, response planning and community engagement designed to build a collective resilience and preparedness to the next Alpine Fault earthquake event.
AF8 aims to increase awareness, enable conversation and build societal preparedness to natural hazard events in the South Island
