Natural Hazards Portal
The Natural Hazards Portal makes it easy to find information on natural hazard risks in your community.
You can:
- access local and national-level risk information from multiple government agencies, such as Council hazard maps.
- see settled EQCover and NHCover claims from 1997 onwards on residential properties throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Landslips are one of the most common natural hazards to affect New Zealand homes and properties.
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Homes in low-lying areas near waterways are generally more at risk of floods.
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Earthquakes can happen almost anywhere in New Zealand, although some areas have a higher risk.
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The likelihood of a severe tsunami affecting New Zealand is low, but even a small tsunami can affect properties in low-lying coastal areas.
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The North Island is an active volcanic region, and while eruptions (and the earthquakes that often come before them) are rare, we can’t predict them.
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Most of New Zealand’s hydrothermal activity – hot water below the Earth’s crust – happens in the Taupo volcanic zone, from White Island to Mt Ruapehu.