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Who we’re working with

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Rangitoto
Motukorea / Browns Island
Takapuna area
Te Hau Kapua / Devonport
Auckland Central Volcanoes
Mt Roskill area
Panmure area
St Heliers area
East Tāmaki
Papatoetoe area
Māngere area
Wiri area

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Journal article

2025

Compressibility and collapse potential of compacted slightly-weathered tephras from the North Island of New Zealand
Journal article

2024

Physical, Chemical, and Compaction Characteristics of Slightly Weathered Tephras of New Zealand
Journal article

2019

The heating of substrates beneath basaltic lava flows
Journal article

2017

Buildings vs. ballistics: Quantifying the vulnerability of buildings to volcanic ballistic impacts using field studies and pneumatic cannon experiments
Journal article

2015

Volcanic ashfall accumulation and loading on gutters and pitched roofs from laboratory empirical experiments: Implications for risk assessment
Journal article

2015

The genesis of volcanic risk assessment for the Auckland engineering lifelines project: 1996-2000
Journal article

2013

Corrosion of metal roof materials related to volcanic ash interactions

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