Emergency planning

New Zealand’s biggest city is built on an active volcanic field. What risks does this mean for the inhabitants, and how should these risks be managed?...

The city of Auckland is built on a volcanic field. There are 50 volcanoes within an area of 1,000 square kilometres, forming the hills, lakes and...

Scientists researching and mapping Auckland’s volcanic field thought they had discovered a hitherto unknown crater lying beneath the suburb of Grafton. However, it turned out early...