5 October 2021 07:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Dr Murry Cave of Gisborne District Council has kindly highlighted an interesting landslide, close to the water supply pipeline for the city of Gisborne in New Zealand. The landslide occurred on 27-28 September 2021
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21 January 2021 08:26 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Mount Darwin: another recent rock avalanche in New Zealand, with a groovy runout pattern.
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18 January 2021 09:01 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Gravity always wins: new research by GNS Science has shown that in New Zealand landslides are more deadly than earthquakes
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2 January 2021 11:10 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Mount Silberhorn – a large rockslide has occurred in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, close to Aoraki/Mount Cook, in the last few days
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4 November 2020 10:13 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper on the 8 million cubic metre 24 February 2018 Mangapoike landslide in New Zealand speculates on an intriguing failure mechanism
Tags: featured, landslide dam, New Zealand, research, wedge
13 February 2020 07:06 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
The Alpine Gardens landslide in New Zealand in the Fox Glacier Valley is moving at over 11 millimetres per day, generating large debris flows
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9 October 2019 07:01 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Late last week a large landslide developed on State Highway 4 between Whanganui and Raetihi in Ruapehu district of New Zealand
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7 February 2019 08:26 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 23rd January & 2nd February 2019 Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand suffered large rockslope failures. The first, caught on video, seriously injured 2 people
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26 June 2018 06:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On Sunday a landslide occurred at Waioeka Gorge in New Zealand. The landslide, a wedge failure, was captured on video by Michael Tabudravu, a motorist who was driving on State Highway 2
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3 April 2018 02:52 in Earthquake-induced landslide, Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a new paper, Massey et al (2018) describe initial maps of the landslides triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake in New Zealand
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