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160 p.
ill. (chiefly col.), maps.
At foot of title: Te Ara : the encyclopedia of New Zealand. Table of contents: 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. Contains material drawn from the second theme of Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand: "Earth, Sea and Sky." "This publication has been endorsed as a New Zealand contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth 2008"--p. 4.