Media Release

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 [...]