Lower Hutt

Astro-JJR Hippo Suzuki rider Richardson grew up in the town of Lower Hutt, just north of Wellington on New Zealand's north Island, before moving to the UK.

Richardson grew up in the town of Lower Hutt, just north of Wellington on New Zealand's north Island, before moving to the UK.

"It's going to make a huge difference," says Laura Wallace, a geodetic scientist at GNS Science in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Big break: As a student at the Chilton Saint James School, a private all-girls school in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, she was recognized for her precocious acting talent.

“It’s a major earthquake and tsunami hazard to the largest population centres, and it’s not very well understood,” says Laura Wallace, a geophysicist at the GNS Science research institute in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and co-chief scientist of the upcoming cruise.