Niho taniwha : communicating tsunami risk : a site-specific case study for Tūranganui-a-Kiwa; an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorRepia, Harmony
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T02:25:47Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T02:25:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractFor some people living in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, tsunami are recognised as a natural hazard that could threaten the entire East Cape region at any time. However for most, an ethnographic study of local residents reveals high levels of complacency within the Gisborne urban community when it comes to being aware and prepared for tsunami risk. A recent study by Dhellemmes, Leonard & Johnston (2016) was conducted along the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa to explore the changes of tsunami awareness and preparedness between 2003–2015. Results from this study revealed coastal communities including Tūranga had low levels of tsunami awareness and high expectations of receiving a formal warning before evacuation (Dhellemmes, et al. 2016). As a result Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) with the Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR) have identified that the population needs to respond with urgency to natural warning signs (one being an earthquake) rather than assuming an official warning will come through formal Civil Defence channels. There is also a need to raise tsunami awareness by understanding what influences tsunami preparedness in communities. The tangata whenua of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa hold various bodies of knowledge that can contribute to our society and future risk management. Māori oral traditions are often mapped to the whenua and anchored in our genealogies, which King, Goff & Skipper (2007) explains enables the transfer of knowledge down through the generations. The method of acknowledging the contextual location of Tūranga is crucial in understanding the community’s need to raise tsunami awareness for their own iwi, hapū and whanau. This process proposes that by allowing the community to share responsibility for their response to an unfolding crisis, it opens up new opportunities to raise awareness. This design-led research explores how Human-Centred-Design (HCD) methodology underpinned by Mātauranga Māori principles can contribute new ways of designing novel tsunami communications for Tūranganui-a-Kiwa. This project intends to create a site-specific work based on an extensive community-based design.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/14752
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectEmergency communication systemsen_US
dc.subjectHazard mitigationen_US
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectRisk communicationen_US
dc.subjectCitizen participationen_US
dc.subjectTsunamisen_US
dc.subjectSafety measuresen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectGisborneen
dc.subjectCase studiesen
dc.subjectNgati Porou (New Zealand people)en
dc.subjectFolkloreen
dc.subjectMātaurangaen
dc.subjectPūrākauen
dc.subjectTāngataen
dc.subjectTuhinga whakapaeen
dc.subjectMāori Masters Thesisen
dc.titleNiho taniwha : communicating tsunami risk : a site-specific case study for Tūranganui-a-Kiwa; an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorRepia, Harmony
thesis.degree.disciplineDesignen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Design (MDes)en_US
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