Halting the jolts: How Te Papa resists earthquakes
How did Te Papa survive the Kaikoura earthquake nearly unscathed?
Watch: Art curator Mark Stocker shows how to use museum quake wax
Mark Stocker, Curator Historical International Art, shows how to use museum quake wax to protect your taonga at home.
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Active land: Natural events in Aotearoa New Zealand
Restless whenua, strong people. Rūaumoko, god of earthquakes and volcanoes, lays his challenge – his restless rumblings present us with taonga as well as hazards. A country where colliding and subducting plates cause quakes, volcanoes, tsunami, and landslides.
Faultlines: Earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Around 20,000 shakes are measured every year in Aotearoa New Zealand – about 55 a day – our whenua (land) never stops shaking. Plates collide. Pressure builds. The land ruptures. How do we cope with living on such shaky ground?
