The development of these guidelines was made possible with funding by provided by:
The principal authors are:
Numerous people in addition to the above authors have provided valuable time, assistance and contributions to this report including:
Dick Beetham (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences), Robyn Fisher (Hutt City Council), Andrew Guerin (Kapiti Coast District Council), Wayne Hastie (Wellington Regional Council), Brett McKay (Wellington City Council), Graeme McVerry (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences), Bruce Shephard (Earthquake Commission), Sue Southy (Masterton District Council), Mark Stirling (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences), Peter R Wood (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences). The report was peer reviewed by Mark Ashby, Connell Wagner Limited, Wellington and Jane Forsyth (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences).