Nicola is a senior paleoseismologist with 30 years of experience working on active faults, landscape response to tectonics, and seismic hazard. She has worked on the It’s Our Fault programme periodically since its inception, in recent years focusing on Hikurangi Margin subduction earthquakes. This field-based work aims to document the size and timing of past earthquakes so that we can better understand and plan for future earthquake and tsunami risk. Nicola also undertakes this work at other sites along the North Island East Coast, maps and characterises active faults for land use planning purposes and is very involved in the current update of the New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model. Nicola is currently the Science Leader of the It's Our Fault programme.
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.
Hinemoa has expertise in emergency management, Māori and indigenous leadership, Kaupapa Māori, and Matauranga Māori. From 2000-2024 she was the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office Kai Pāhekoheko Māori/Senior Māori Integration Officer.
Brendon is a Professor of Earthquake Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; and the Director of QuakeCoRE: The NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience. His areas of activity include engineering seismology, strong ground motion prediction, seismic response analysis of structural and geotechnical systems, and seismic performance and loss estimation methods.
Prof. David Johnston is the Director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University, and the former Chair of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Scientific Committee (IRDR), a programme co-sponsored by the International Science Council (ISC) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Currently he is also the Deputy Director of the multi-institutional QuakeCoRE research programme His expertise is in social responses to pandemics, human responses to natural hazard disasters, crisis decision-making, and the role of public education and participation in building community resilience and recovery.
(Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngai Tai, Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Ngati Porou, Te Whanaua- Apanui, Te Aitanga ā- Mahaki, Ngai Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea, Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngati Raukawa, Toa Rangatira) is a senior research officer at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University. Kelvin brings his educational background to the team, having worked on Māori Medium, Māori and Indigenous Leadership, Kaupapa Māori, Mātauranga Māori, Revitalisation of Māori traditional knowledge and practices, Education leadership and curriculum development (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Māori Immersion, Mainstream). He is currently the lead researcher in two MBIE Endeavour projects examining the impacts of disasters on Māori communities.
Andrea is an engineering geologist with more than 10 years of experience in slope stability, geomorphology, geology, rock and soil mechanics, and emergency responses. She came from Canada to Aotearoa four years ago and is passionate about supporting communities with science, as part of the complete picture on issues they face.