Impact is published quarterly by the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management on topics of interest to the civil defence emergency management sector.
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Volume 38 June 2010
Chile earthquake and tsunami
Planning aids Southland flood response
Organisations work together to build resilience
Capital's civil defence gets a shake-up
Green rig gets a facelift
Coromandel's blueprint for the future
Capital plans for the big one
New Get Ready advertising
New impact assessment tool tested
Taranaki's pet topic

Volume 37 March 2010
National CDEM Emergency Management Information System
Exercise Tangaroa
Expert help for disaster relief
University of Canterbury revises plans for emergencies
Hawke's Bay Community emraces response plan development
New platform streamlines hazard research
Busy year for international deployments

Volume 36 December 2009
Pacific tsunami: supporting Samoa and Tonaga
CDEM Awards programme
Hawke's Bay exercises for flood
Waikato exercises for tsunami
Captial's community initiatives
Survey reveals community perceptions
Disaster expert visits New Zealand

Volume 35 September 2009
Remembering Abbotsford: 30 years on
CDEM Exercises
Canterbury adopts integrated emergency management principles
Integrated planning workshops update
International engagement: Singapore and Sri Lanka
CDEM Competency Framework developments
Disaster Awareness Week 2009

Volume 34 June 2009
Towards digital radio communications
Integrating CDEM,RMA and LTCCP planning workshops
Waitaki district water woes
Waikato's pandemic business continuity exercise
Wellington restructure prompts public response
One message, many voices

Volume 33 March 2009
The Great Southern California ShakeOut
Southland remembers Black Friday 1984
New topographic map series
New Auckland CD website launched
Enhancing science and CDEM
Exercise Paradise tests Otago CDEM

Volume 32 December 2008
Large-scale disaster recovery - lessons from Taiwan and China
Taiwan's Central EOC
Aceh's remarkable recovery
Public education highlights
Tornado targets Cambridge Expo
Taranaki tackles the weather

Volume 31 September 2008
Weather wreaks havoc on infrastructure
Stakeholder survey 08 - Director's comments
CDEM school initiatives
Keeping an eye on hazards
Prevention is better than cure: Horowhenua example
Exercise Ruaumoko final report
International engagement in the Pacific

Volume 30 June 2008
Tsunami Risk Management
Supporting Tokelau
Building community resilience
New Taranaki radar
Te Reo version of "Stan"
Auckland's new regional EMO
Wairo leads Marae emergency plan development

Volume 29 March 2008
Exercise Ruaumoko
North Shore City Operation Phoenix
Napier 1931 earthquake exhibition
MOU signed with GNS
Chatham Islands to host conference
Taranaki CDEM response to Patea fire

Volume 28 December 2007
Disaster Awareness Week 2007
International engagement
MOU signed with The Salvation Army
Exercise Ruaumoko update
Life on the Edge book launch
Joe Cummings long service recognised

Volume 27 September 2007
Storms, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes
National Hazardscape Report launched
Exercises Pandora and Ruaumoko
New Kapiti EOC
CDEM training news
Peru earthquake delegation report

Volume 26 July 2007
Southern SAREX exercise
Reflections on Banda Aceh
Tsunami Working Group
Pandemic Roadshow
Disaster recovery for people with disabilities
CDEM staff recognised

Volume 25 April 2007
Lahar Lahar
Napier Quake remembered
Police Praise for Taupo Resonse Team
CDEM Specialist Services
Recruiting Search Dog Handlers
Messages Getting Through

Volume 24 April 2006
Hurricane Katrina Report
Napier Quake remembered
National Plan Guide
Ruapehu Laser Survey
Sara Williams in Ecuador
Matata floods again

Volume 23 December 2005
Year in Review
National Plan
Public Education
Gisborne Floods
CREP - Search Dogs
Exercise Phoenix
Pandemic Planning
Napier Celebrates 75 years

Volume 22 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina 2005
CDEM Plan Review
Tom Roche makes 21 years at the Ministry
Disaster Reduction Week 2005
Search Dog Training Workshops
New CDEM Group Plans signed
Professional Development Courses

Volume 21 June 2005
Bay of Plenty Floods May 2005
Identifying the Tsunami Risk
National CDEM Plan Update
New CDEM Cluster for Transport
CDEM in Schools Tender Awarded
New CDEM Group Plans signed
Professional Development Courses

Volume 20 March 2005
Deadly Tsunami
February Floods - One Year On
USAR Update
RAPID Update
National Warning System Review
National CDEM Exercise Programme
Auckland Region Welfare Group Formed

Volume 19 September 2004
Floods, Landslides & Earthquakes in BoP
Recovery Symposium
CDEM Sector Events
R.E.S.T. Report
Raising Awareness & Preparedness

Volume 18 June 2004
Working on Recovery
National CDEM Plan
Raising Awareness & Preparedness
CDEM in the Chatham Islands
A Slow Earthquake
Recovery Symposium

Volume 17 March 2004
The Floods of February 2004
National Emergency Operations Centre Activated
Preparing Civil Defence Emergency Expenditure Response Claim
National CDEM Plan - building and testing
Project RAPID Launched
USAR Search Dogs

Volume 16 December 2003
Paekakariki Landslip
National CDEM Strategy Approved
National CDEM Plan – the Working Group
Northland Hazard Report
National Public Education Strategy
USAR Milestones achieved
Training and education: Waikato’s interagency approach

Volume 15 October 2003
Fiordland Quakes - Things that went "bump" in the night
National CDEM Plan
Recovery Symposium
Tangiwai 50 Years On
National CDEM Strategy

Volume 14 June 2003
CDEM Groups Established
Wellington Kids Prepare for Disaster
Post-Disaster Financial Assistance
International Tsunami Workshop for Wellington
USAR Teams in Upper Hutt 'Cyclone'

Volume 13 March 2003
New Emergency Operations Centre for ECAN
RFPs in for National Crisis Management System
CDEM Professional Development Courses
Lifeline Utilities - Best Practice
Lifelines in Porirua