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Originally Posted by Optix
Does anyone have ideas and reasoning as to which Island, the north or south would be the safest place from natural disasters and if so..... which part... cheers
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The 'safest place' in event of natural disasters would logically be a location immune to the consequences of all types of natural disasters, e.g. flood, earthquake, tsunami.
New Zealand is known as the 'shaky isles' for good reason - earthquake faults run down both Islands! Therefore New Zealand is venerable to the effects of earthquakes. If we can mitigate this fact through good building design and avoiding obvious fault lines then this is a positive step.
As for floods and tsunamis, you need ELEVATION, which means inland at 500 foot plus above sea level.
Of course any 'safe' location should be able to provide a constant supply of potable water and preferable natural shelter from the elements (e.g on a mountain top may be high elevation but will be exposed to the elements).
In a nutshell, I believe that a good location in New Zealand would be inland, relatively high altitude, with a good water supply. In addition a semi-mountanous terrain would provide shelter from high winds and provide a strategic advantage in terms of defense (this is why Maori Pas are often built on hills!).