DIRT - Disaster Innovation Research and Teaching

DIRT - Disaster Innovation Research and Teaching DIRT is about building community resilience and based at the Vogelmorn Bowling Club.

We are working to bring people together and get prepared to help themselves and their neighbours in an earthquake, extreme weather or other major disruptive event.

It's time for DIRT #23 which is about earthquakes again, following on from what we learned about earthquake sequences l...
18/09/2026

It's time for DIRT #23 which is about earthquakes again, following on from what we learned about earthquake sequences last month. Get ready for 'a big one' which hits at a random time - so we can talk about how we'd respond as individuals, families, our community and city.

With the end of another month coming up it's time for DIRT #21 - lets share some food, drink and good company as we cel...
20/07/2026

With the end of another month coming up it's time for DIRT #21 - lets share some food, drink and good company as we celebrate Matariki, what we've done and how we can support each other as we face a pretty wild range of challenges.

DIRT #20 Reading and writing time.In June we are going to look at the WREMO (Wellington Regional Emergency Management O...
17/06/2026

DIRT #20 Reading and writing time.

In June we are going to look at the WREMO (Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office) information about Brooklyn, which hasn’t been done since 2019 and really needs to be updated - you might have noticed a few relevant things happen since then.

This information is part of the Community Hub kit which lives at Brooklyn School and will also be added to the DIRT kit in our container. It covers the assets we have in our area along things that might be particular risks or challenges for us in an emergency.

We will kick off the DIRT book club too - so suggest the books that you’ve found good in relation to thinking about, preparing for, or just having a fun read about disaster and disruption. We can compare and share what we’ve learned and enjoyed.

Sunday 28th June, 4-6pm Vogelmorn
93 Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington

We have two events this month, on the 17th and 24th 4-6pm at Vogelmorn. We are looking at how we responded to the recen...
07/05/2026

We have two events this month, on the 17th and 24th 4-6pm at Vogelmorn. We are looking at how we responded to the recent flooding in our community and what we can learn for the future. On the 17th we'll be running through some activities around this ahead of being filmed on the 24th for a TVNZ documentary about New Zealanders 'prepping' in various ways.

Come along on the 17th if you want to be part of the filming on the 24th!

DIRT #18 - Making more of what we've gotIt's time for another DIRT event and this one couldn't be more relevant when t...
14/04/2026

DIRT #18 - Making more of what we've got

It's time for another DIRT event and this one couldn't be more relevant when the news is all about disruption and restriction of oil and other resources. Note the eariler date - 19th April this month.

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