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Natural Hazards, Climate & Resilience
Floods, earthquakes, climate duties, insurance and business resilience.
Sources last reviewed 28 July 2026
Main law guides
157
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
96
Selected cases with a business lesson
Tracked updates
8
New, amended & reviewed
Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Climate Change Response Act 2002
2002 No 40
Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023
2023 No 1
Cases
Commerce Commission v Steel & Tube Holdings Limited
A standards claim must be supported by the actual testing method, sample selection and certification chain. Repeating a supplier or laboratory statement is not...
Prattley Enterprises Limited v Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited
For business owners, the main lesson is to check what your property policy really covers before a loss happens and again before you settle a claim. In this case,...
Firm PI 1 Limited v Zurich Australian Insurance Limited
A replacement-value label does not protect a business from an inadequate sum insured or an unclear interaction with statutory and other insurance. Check both the...
University of Canterbury v The Insurance Council of New Zealand Inc
For business owners, the main lesson is that building compliance, insurance exposure and reinstatement costs often turn on the exact wording of the statute, not...