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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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Book chapter

2025

Volcanoes and the law. In: Cubie D, editor. A Research Agenda for Disaster Law
Media release

2 March 2020

DEVORA on the world stage
News

2 March 2020

Be prepared: Effective response to volcanic emergencies
Media release

26 February 2020

DEVORA presents: City on Volcanoes!
News

26 February 2020

DEVORA scenarios for volcanic risk mitigation
Journal article

2020

Developing a suite of multi-hazard volcanic eruption scenarios using an interdisciplinary approach
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

The influence of probabilistic volcanic hazard map properties on hazard communication
Book chapter

2010

New probabilistic hazard assessment tools for mitigating volcanic risk in Auckland, New Zealand In: Williams AL, Pinches GM, Chin CY, McMorran TJ, Massey CI, editors. Geologically Active; 5-10 September 2010; Auckland, New Zealand

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