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Experts and web conferences
Meet Shane, Professor of Volcanology
Meet Lena, a PhD student
Meet Nathan, a PhD student
Web conference
The following questions from schools were answered by Shane, Nathan and Lena in the web conference:
- Shane, tell us a bit more about your work with regarding resilience to a possible Taranaki eruption.
- Nathan, Lena, Shane, what are some special moments in your job that really stand out?
- What would be the impact on us in coastal Taranaki (Okato) of a Taranaki eruption?
- In an eruption, would all the bridges be destroyed by lahars and would we be cut off in Okato?
- Have our evacuation points been identified for Okato?
- The shape of our mountain is iconic. Would its shape be changed by an eruption?
- Were our famous, now destroyed, Pink and White Terraces travertine?
- How does Aotearoa compare to other countries regarding volcanoes and earthquakes?
- Okato school is into gardening. How has the volcano made the soil good for that?
