Monique Ford/Stuff Every year, there is about one chance in 120 that Wellington will get an earthquake as large as the 2011 Christchurch quake. OPINION: Governments have a hard time planning for longer-term risks. Unless a specific risk, like climate change, draws voters’ attention, it is more likely to be ignored. There are always more pressing issues of the moment, however trivial. But risks accumulate in the background. Last week, Auckland Univerity’s Koi Tū released a report by its chair, former chief science adviser Peter Gluckman, and Anne Bardsley. The report, “Uncertain but inevitable”, explained why governments have a hard time dealing with rare but foreseeable events.