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Story: Landslides

All images and media

From page 1 - Gravity always wins

New Zealand’s terrain

New Zealand’s terrain

Hawke's Bay slips

Hawke's Bay slips

Landslide types

Landslide types

Fiordland, 2003

Fiordland, 2003

Scorched earth

From page 2 - Alpine, low mountain and layered rock landslides

Aoraki/Mt Cook landslide

Aoraki/Mt Cook landslide

Earth shake

Debris-avalanche mounds

Debris-avalanche mounds

Ōtira zigzag

Ōtira zigzag (1st of 2)

Ōtira viaduct

Ōtira viaduct (2nd of 2)

Abbotsford landslide

Abbotsford landslide

From page 3 - Hill country, regolith and submarine landslides

Rotational landslide

Rotational landslide

Lateral spread

Regolith landslides

Regolith landslides

Earth flow

Ruatōria Giant Avalanche

Ruatōria Giant Avalanche

From page 4 - People and landslides

Cairnmuir landslide

Cairnmuir landslide

Road signs

Dammed stream, Gisborne 6 August 2002

Dammed stream, Gisborne 6 August 2002

Across the tracks

Across the tracks

List of landslide fatalities

List of landslide fatalities

Mātakitaki landslide

Mātakitaki landslide

From page 5 - Notable New Zealand landslides

Abbotsford landslide

Abbotsford landslide

Green Lake landslide

Green Lake landslide

Tāhunanui Slump

Tāhunanui Slump

Waihī landslide

Waihī landslide

Waihī area in the 1990s

Waihī area in the 1990s

How to cite this page:

Michael J. Crozier, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/landslides/media (accessed 31 January 2023)

Story by Michael J. Crozier, published 12 Jun 2006