Nicola is a Principal Scientist at GNS Science with over 30 years of experience in earthquake geology and tectonic geomorphology. She has worked in the It’s Our Fault programme periodically since it started in 2006 and has been the science leader since 2021. Nicola's research includes studying raised beaches to understand past and future Hikurangi subduction zone earthquakes, and mapping and characterising active faults for land-use planning purposes and seismic hazard.
Edith is a Natural Hazard Planner at GNS Science with a background in local government policy development and resource management consenting. She is an accredited RMA Independent Commissioner. Based on the West Coast, she has a passion for physical geography and natural hazards. She also brings experience in civil defence response. Her work at GNS Science is focused on facilitating science to land use planning practice. This aim is to improve planning practice for the management of natural hazards to reduce risk and support the resilience of our communities.
Rob is a Senior Earthquake Geologist at Earth Sciences New Zealand with over 30 years of experience working in active tectonics. He specialises in the location of active faults and understanding of their hazard through paleoseismic studies. He has recently changed tack a bit by looking into the record of co-seismic landsliding in the Hikurangi margin of the Wairarapa and how this could help calibrate the national seismic hazard model. Rob was first involved with It’s Our Fault after its inception in the 2000’s looking at the paleoseismic records of the Wellington and Wairarapa faults, and with the first roll-out of public-oriented IOF talks.
Finn is a Senior Risk Scientist at Earth Sciences New Zealand with over 10 years of experience in developing models for assessing the societal impacts from natural hazards. He specialises in developing models that evaluate aspects of future events that are understudied yet critical for planning and response decision-making. He has a particular interest in household responses to disruptive events, through development of the Stay-or-Relocate Model (STORM) to estimate household impacts and population displacement, and associated quantitative social science to inform the model. Finn was first involved with It’s Our Fault through modelling of fire following earthquake risk for Wellington City.