Wellington City Earthquakes

Wellington City — Ground-breaking research into New Zealand’s most common rock type is unlocking some of the secrets of many faults running underneath this country.

By Earthquake Commission
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Wellington City — “Talking to my family and friends today I realised how few of us knew where our nearest Civil Defence emergency centre was,” says Onslow-Western Ward Labour Wellington City Council candidate, Malcolm Aitken” “Like many Wellingtonians I’ve been checking our emergency supplies since yesterday’s earthquake.

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Wellington City

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — Wellington City Council has launched a new home assessment service which provides homeowners with an affordable, professional assessment of whether their home needs earthquake strengthening.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — Strong interest from inner city building owners has prompted the Inner City Association, Wellington City Council and Body Corporates Chairs Group to host a third public meeting on earthquake-strengthening issues.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — The last of the 'Wellington Rocks' community earthquake briefings will take place over the next two weeks.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — People in the Wellington region can slap each other on the back and say well done following today's news that we had the country's highest per-capita participation rate in New Zealand ShakeOut.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — Eleven more earthquake briefings will be held across the city in the coming weeks.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — At 9.26am tomorrow (Wednesday 26 September) many thousands of people in the Wellington region will dive under desks or take other safety action as part of the country's first nationwide earthquake drill - New Zealand ShakeOut.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — With our earthquake briefings continuing this month and in October, you've got the opportunity to hear first hand about being prepared.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — At 9.26am on Wednesday 26 September, political leaders around the Wellington region will be ducking for cover - and more than 1 million other New Zealanders will be doing the same.

By Wellington City Council
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Wellington City — Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says everyone should take part in Shakeout.

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Wellington City — A series of community earthquake briefings being held across the city will get under way at Johnsonville on Thursday 23 August.

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Wellington City — We're hosting a series of briefings with GNS Science to give you a better understanding of the earthquake risk to our city.

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Wellington City — The Manager of the new Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) says last night's big quake was a 'very suitable wake-up call' and a reminder for everyone in the region to be prepared for a very large quake or other big emergency.

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Wellington City — Making our city more resilient is a big priority for the Council, and will continue to be a focus during the next decade.

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Wellington City — Over the past year, Wellingtonians, like many other New Zealanders, have been thinking about earthquakes.

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Wellington City — Building owners in Wellington's inner city will have the opportunity at a meeting on 24 April to explain to Council the challenges they face and the support they need to earthquake strengthen their buildings.

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Wellington City — In last week's Our Wellington page we reminded people to check their household's emergency supplies and refresh bottled water and food.

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Wellington City — This Thursday the Mayor and City Councillors will meet to consider a range of proposals aimed at boosting the ability of the city and region to respond to, and recover from, a major earthquake.

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Wellington City — One year on from the earthquake that rocked Christchurch on 22 February, New Zealanders are reflecting on the loss of lives and property the city suffered on that day, and how our country has changed over the past 12 months.

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Wellington City — A report to be considered by Wellington City Council's Strategy and Policy Committee next week highlights that earthquake resilience must be a focus for the next decade in Wellington, says Mayor Celia Wade-Brown.

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