The focus on seismic risk following the 2011 Christchurch and 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes has seen the closure of several public buildings across the country. The introduction of the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) ...

Wellington’s Seaview Wharf is a critical asset in the Lower North Island fuel supply system, including after significant seismic events. Recent annual fuel supply for the region has exceeded 1 Million tonnes, and there is ...

In this paper, we apply Full Waveform Tomography (FWT) based on the Adjoint-Wavefield (AW) method to iteratively invert an existing 3-D geophysical velocity model for the upper South Island region, New Zealand. Through the ...

This paper is focused on the design and implementation of a functional tool to evaluate and communicate the seismic risk to increase resilience and reduce human and economic loss. Wellington has been selected as the case ...