Geohazard monitoring staff consider voluntary redundancies under cost-cutting drive

The cost of being: A public servant who took voluntary redundancy

'I look at my parents now, getting close to retirement age, and wish they'd prepared themselves more for that.'

Geohazard monitoring staff consider voluntary redundancies under cost-cutting drive

The PSA understands the cuts would mean the centre couldn't operate around the clock.

New Zealand’s Ability To Monitor Geohazards Weakened By Science Job Cuts – PSA

The centre providing 24/7 monitoring of geohazards will have to close at times as Government cuts force the centre workforce to be cut to the bone. The National GeoHazard Monitoring Centre, operated by GNS Science, provides round the clock monitoring of potential tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides, and was set up after the Kaikoura Earthquake in 2016. Last year GNS Science announced plans to cut a quarter of the 20 strong t…