Extreme weather has tested New Zealand’s infrastructure and reshaped the way financial institutions think about land risk. Floods, slips and rising water tables have exposed weaknesses in how banks and insurers assess property stability. Traditional approaches that rely on council maps and historical claims data are no longer enough. An artistic representation of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellite orbiting above New Zealand. This geospatial data gives lenders, i

Advanced Geospatial Technology is protecting Coastal Ecosystems, Economies, and Cultural Heritage. Coastal Property in New Zeland is under pressure from constant storm erosion. A recent report from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ shows the importance of natural infrastructure in protecting New Zealand's communities, economy, and cultural heritage from coastal erosion. Satellites are already solving this issue of monitoring and evaluation from space. The Role of