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The Joint Centre for Disaster Research

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The Joint Centre for Disaster Research

A researcher for the Joint Centre for Disaster Research delivers questionnaires on emergency preparedness to randomly selected Wellington households. The centre is a collaboration between GNS Science and Massey University, based at the School of Psychology on Massey's Wellington campus. Disaster research combines a range of social sciences to study community reactions to disasters and to help prepare for future crises.

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Peter Clayworth, Social sciences – New developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45784/the-joint-centre-for-disaster-research (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 18 June 2014, updated 1 June 2015.