For those reading our news for the first time, our New Zealand based Natural Hazards Inc. Business Cluster arose from what started in November 1998 as the Earthquake Engineering NZ Business Cluster, as an initiative by Wellington City Council and its economic development agency, then known as the Capital Development Agency (CDA) (now the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency WREDA), and Trade New Zealand (now New Zealand Trade & Enterprise).

With a number of joint marketing and project initiatives following major earthquakes in Turkey, Gujarat India and the Indonesian Boxing Day earthquake tsunami and Padang earthquake, flooding in Vietnam and cyclones in the Pacific.

The purpose of the Cluster retains relevance for today, with a recent refresh of our branding straplines reflecting this.

Level 1:  New Zealand expertise advancing global climate and disaster resilience.

Level 2:  Collaborating with communities to enhance their resilience to earthquakes, floods, landslides, eruptions, tsunami, climate change and other hazards.

• Bringing together and promote New Zealand expertise in reducing the impacts of earthquake and natural hazards events on communities throughout the world;

• Bringing NZ’s skills resources and reputation as a valued international supplier of professional services and products;

• Helping members secure worthwhile projects which would not otherwise be available to them.