Environment

Are Natural Disasters the New Norm?

13:15 pm on 1 February 2017

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Professor David Johnston has been looking at the social impact of natural disasters for New Zealanders, and asks the big question, are natural disasters the new norm? David is a senior scientist at GNS Science and director of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research in the School of Psychology at Massey University, Wellington. He's giving the first in a series of talks at Massey, called Our Changing World, tomorrow night. You can register for the free event here.

Railway tracks ripped from the line along State Highway 1 - North of Kaikoura. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly