Sad to see that it's New Zealand's turn to suffer the potentially deadly costs of a right wing government's contempt for scientific expertise.
Skimping on geohazards monitoring and risk assessment in a country bisected by a plate boundary? What could go wrong?
This earlier article makes it clearer that most of the cuts at GNS are a direct result of the government cutting their funding. One specific program mentioned is NZ's seismic monitoring network, which is insanity.
All in the name of 'financial stability', which is short-sighted in countless ways, but is also foolish even on its own terms.
Chris Rowan
Mark Darbyshire
Syulang