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Christchurch 22 February earthquake information
Public information continues to be available from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority www.cera.govt.nz


New Zealand Shakeout
26 September 2012
Be part of New Zealand’s biggest ever Civil Defence exercise!
See the New Zealand ShakeOut page for more information

Emergency guidance for early childhood education services
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management and the Ministry of Education have jointly developed a Best Practice Guide to help early childhood education services develop emergency plans and put them into practice.
See the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Services Emergency Planning Guidance page for more information.

New resources for the blind and partially sighted
Interactive, electronic resources designed to give potentially life-saving advice on emergency planning to the blind and partially sighted have recently been launched.
Go to the Get Thru website for more information

See also
Resources for the deaf and hearing impaired
Resources for preschool children

Follow us on
This feed has been established to help us inform as many people as possible when civil defence emergencies occur.
Click here for more information.

Terms of reference for the review of the response to the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake
Download the terms of reference for the review of the response to the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake (.pdf 143k)

To contact the team reviewing the response to the Christchurch earthquake, please email christchurchresponsereview@gmail.com



If a disaster happened now, would you be ready? Visit www.getthru.govt.nz to learn how you and your family can get ready, and get through.

Preparing for emergencies
Two videos have been produced by Canterbury Civil Defence outlining how you can easily prepare emergency food and water supplies for your family.

1. Preparing food
Nutritionist Bronwen King provides helpful advice for ensuring you always have enough suitable food at home for emergencies. (Link to external site)

More information about preparing a household emergency checklist

2. Preparing water
We can live without food for a few days but we cannot live without water. Dr Alistair Humphrey, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, provides tips and advice to make storing water easy. (Link to external site)

More information about storing water
More information about preparing a household emergency checklist

Tsunami: When minutes count
New Zealanders who survived the Samoa tsunami on 29 September 2009 share their stories.