A map of New Zealand showing the Hikurangi subduction zone off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. The red circles are the sites where the UTIG-led science expedition drilled and recovered ...

Now, scientists have edged closer to answering perhaps the most important question about our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone: what controls the system’s suspected release valve.

It’s thought capable of unleashing earthquakes and tsunamis the like of which New Zealand has never experienced ... our largest fault - the sprawling Hikurangi Subduction Zone - moves.

In response to the recent article highlighting the earthquake disaster risk posed by New Zealand’s Hikurangi subduction zone, the Listen UP NZ Community Roadshow is gearing up to educate and ...