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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 [...]

The first AF8 Roadshow, The Science Beneath Our Feet, will tour the six South Island CDEM regions in March-April 2019, bringing together secondary students, scientists and CDEM in a conversation [...]

Developing a coordinated response to an Alpine Fault rupture to assist and enhance community resilience across the South Island. Project AF8, the concerted collaborative effort to assess and plan [...]