Natural hazards don’t obey electoral cycles. The next government faces crucial choices

By Iain White, Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
Bill Fry, Honorary Research Professor, Department of Geology, University of Otago
Julia Becker, Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Liam Wotherspoon, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Te Tira Whakamātaki, Indigenous Knowledge

New Zealand is a hazard-prone country and exposure to risk is rising. The choices the next government makes may be among the most consequential of the next decade.

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