1. How do you achieve resilience?
New Zealand's long
coastline and seismicity
means natural hazard
events are inevitable.
Kiwis know they live in
harm's way and need
solutions that are just as
pragmatic. Tonkin + Taylor
(T+T) specialises in the
assessment/reduction of
risk and building resilience
into our communities.
The science around Climate Change
is complex and controversial but the
solutions are not
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
Often, all focus might be on a single hazard, when in
fact more and more people are faced with multi-hazard
situations. Our strong background in multi-hazard risk
assessment helps our clients to have a more robust,
integrated view of the risks that they face. Our high quality
engineering knowledge and Early Warning System (EWS)
design capabilities provide clients with the resilience
systems and solutions for dealing with these risks.
Early Warning Systems
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030 recognizes that we need to ‘substantially
increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard
early warning systems and disaster risk information
and assessments to the people by 2030’.
By understanding the environment and circumstances
of our clients we are able to develop and design
robust end-to-end impact-based EWS, specific to local
conditions. Taking care to build feedback mechanisms
into our designs, we ensure that the systems we
Coastal Management – Climate Change/Sea Level Rise
The impact climate change and coastal hazards are
having on the Pacific is very real. T+T leads the way in
assessing and helping to manage coastal hazard risks;
with our range of knowledge and skills, combined with
effective communication and practical guidance, we
are able to produce strong, sustainable solutions.
The Pacific Islands are under major threat from
climate change and sea level rise. Using our coastal
engineering and management expertise, we design
probabilistic risk assessments for a relevant range of
climate change/sea level rise scenarios. This analysis
enables us to develop tools our clients can use to
mitigate risk and design response plans.
create are resilient and sustainable, continuing to
work for our clients well into the future.
You start by understanding the risks
Predicting disaster to mitigate human
and economic loss has moved from
ideology to science Post disaster observations
Community based risk assessment

2. John Leeves
jleeves@tonkintaylor.co.nz
+64 21 274 4748 | +64 9 355 6053
John is a Director at T+T, Natural
Hazards Sector Leader and the head
of T+T’s Canterbury Earthquake
Recovery Programme.
Bapon Fakhruddin
bfakhruddin@tonkintaylor.co.nz
+64 22 089 1622 | +64 9 362 1764
Bapon is a world leader in Disaster
Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience.
He has designed EWS for 25 countries
within the Asia/Pacific region including
the Indian Ocean Tsunami EWS.
Peter Quilter
pquilter@tonkintaylor.co.nz
+64 27 530 7160 | +64 9 359 2732
Peter is a Multi-Hazard Coastal Risk
Specialist working with vulnerable
communities across the Pacific.
Chris Freer
cfreer@tonkintaylor.co.nz
+64 21 667 247 | +64 9 355 6055
Chris is T+T’s Pacific Business Leader
and specialises in engineering
solutions for island communities.
Natural hazards resilience specialists
About us
T+T is an environmental and engineering consultancy
that specialises in Natural Hazard Resilience.
For over 50 years we have been key advisors to the
public, private and NGO sectors in Asia/Pacific for
earthquake engineering, disaster risk and recovery,
and more recently, climate change.
Our world-class team of engineers and scientists are
ready and able to put their high levels of knowledge and
experience to work. Combining traditional engineering
solutions with innovative thinking, and collaborating
with other consultants and contractors on complex
projects, we truly believe in delivering the best results
for our clients.
Cyclone Winston damage, Fiji
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Early Warning Systems
• Post Disaster Assessment
• Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
• Coastal Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Climate Change