After more than 12 years as host of Our Changing World, Alison Ballance is diving into the archives in search of some golden oldies.
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Radar interferogram of deformation during the Kaikoura earthquake Photo: GNS Science
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This week’s theme is ‘the big one’.
The magnitude 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in 2016 had a big impact on the landscape and communities of North Canterbury and Marlborough.
It also shook up the science community, which responded quickly to study and understand what was described as a ‘very complex earthquake.’
Check out the original story from May 2017, to see photos and read more about the earthquake.