Welcome to your source of information about landslides in New Zealand. This site summarises all you need to know in order to be prepared for a landslide, and what to do if one occurs. The study and remediation of landslides are part of the discipline of engineering geology.

The New Zealand Landslide Database (NZLD) has been established to save lives, and help infrastructure owners and planners understand landslide risk – New Zealand’s “forgotten natural hazard”. To manage the risks from landslides it is essential to have a comprehensive landslide database (“landslide inventory”).

Landslides, sometimes called landslips or simply slips, are the downhill movement of soil and rock driven by gravity. What causes landslides? It’s important to differentiate between the underlying drivers and triggers.

Landslides are one of the more common natural hazards to affect Aotearoa New Zealand homes and properties and occur in both rural and urban settings. If you live near a hill or steep slope, watch out for cracks, distortion of the ground, or movement that could be a …

A landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, debris or earth down a slope. Landslides come in a wide variety of forms, from slope failures such as rock falls and debris avalanches, to shallow slides and flows of debris.

A landslide is the movement of rock, soil and vegetation down a slope. Landslides can be the size of a single boulder. Or they can be as big as a large avalanche of debris with huge quantities of rock and soil that spreads across many kilometres. Landslides are a serious geological hazard in many parts of New Zealand.

A landslide is a natural process that removes material from hills, mountains, and coastlines, gradually lowering and flattening the topography. What causes landslides in New Zealand? The most common causes of landslides in New Zealand …

Aotearoa New Zealand is prone to landslides, in part because of the many earthquakes we experience ever year. Landslides can also be caused by unstable geology, rainfall, environmental change and human landscape modification. Landslides occur when the strength of a slope is overwhelmed by stresses imposed on that slope.

Landslides are commonly classified by the material involved (e.g., rock, debris, soil or mud) and the way they move (e.g., fall, topple, slide, spread, or flow). All these types of landslides may occur in New Zealand. Listed below are some classical examples of different landslide types.

What is a landslide? A landslide is a natural process that carries earth or other material down mountains and hillsides, or on land around the coast. New Zealanders often use the word ‘slip’ for a landslide. What causes landslides? The pull of gravity on a slope is important, and several factors increase the risk: weak rock and steep slopes