TY - BOOK TI - Life on the edge : : New Zealand's natural hazards and disasters SN - 9781869536909 (pbk.) U1 - 551 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - David Bateman KW - Natural disasters KW - New Zealand KW - Natural hazards N1 - At foot of title: Te ara - the encyclopedia of New Zealand; "What's the story?"--Cover; "This publication has been endorsed as a New Zealand contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth 2008"--p. 4; Includes index; Contains material drawn from the second theme of Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand: "Earth, Sea and Sky"; Overview: living dangerously -- Floods: New Zealand's number one hazard -- Earthquakes: where two plates meet -- Volcanoes: living on the ring of fire -- Landslides: gravity always wins -- Tsunamis: New Zealand's underrated hazard -- Being prepared ER -