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Please note our Whitianga office will be closed to the public on Tuesday, 16 September and Wednesday, 17 September 2025. You can still contact our staff on freephone 0800 800 401 or via an online form.

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Natural hazards are atmospheric, earth or water-related processes or phenomena that may negatively impact human life, property or other parts of the environment. 

Many of the impacts of natural hazard events are made worse by the location where humans have settled. Communities develop on plains, terraces and dune systems that have been created by natural hazards such as floods, earthquake faulting, wave action and changes in sea level.

Natural hazards in the Waikato region

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