CDEM Resilience Fund

This page provides information about the CDEM Resilience Fund

The CDEM Resilience Fund enhances New Zealand’s hazard risk resilience through the development of local and regional capability and practices. The Resilience Fund aligns with CDEM Group Plans and the National Disaster Resilience Strategy (NDRS) priorities:

Managing risks: what we can do to minimise the risks we face and limit the impacts to be managed if hazards occur;
Effective response to and recovery from emergencies: building our capability and capacity to manage emergencies when they do happen; and
Enabling, empowering, and supporting community resilience: building a culture of resilience in New Zealand so that everyone can participate in and contribute to communities’ – and the nation’s – resilience.

A total of $889,000 (excluding GST) is available each year for projects that improve emergency management capability and contribute to resilience. A reduced budget of $689,000 (excluding GST) is available in financial year 2025/26 due to pre-approved multi-year projects.

The fund supports strategic targeting of investment in CDEM capability. The focus will be on areas that have the greatest benefit and that support a collaborative approach for the sector.

For the 2025/26 financial year, preference will be given to projects that are linked to:

Tsunami Resilience, and,
Flooding Resilience.

Applications to the Resilience Fund will close on 31 January 2025.

For further information contact: resilience.fund@nema.govt.nz

CDEM Resilience Fund: Information Series [IS 11/21] (.pdf 832kb)

2024/25 Successful Resilience Fund applications

Project #	Project	Lead agency	Amount approved	Output
2024-01	AF8 Programme	Southland CDEM Group	$200,000*
2024-06	Governing and Managing Disaster Recovery in Uncertain Times - research successful governance and management structures for disaster recovery, based on case studies and existing guidance (.pdf 4.8 MB)	Simon Markham Consulting Limited	$54,000
2024-07	Refinement and implementation of a framework for Professional Engineering Services during Emergencies (.pdf 5.4 MB)	Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management	$50,000
2024-08	Ruapehu Marae Resilience Program - deliver training to 25 marae in the Ruapehu rohe to enhance their resilience during emergencies, self-manage during events and assist the local community (.pdf 2.5 MB)	Ruapehu Emergency Management Office	$115,000
2024-09	Enhancing Situational Awareness for Extreme Weather Response – using AI to collect and analyse information to enhance the quality of intelligence products (.pdf 292 KB)	Waikato Regional Council	$99,000
2024-12	Te Ātiawa Response and Resilience Development - enhancing emergency response capabilities within the Te Ātiawa community (top of the South Island) (.pdf 509 KB)	Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Maui	$121,600
2024-15	Training for 26 Te Arawa marae and Te Arawa Lakes Trust staff - to ensure consistent emergency response practices across marae and enhance coordination with CDEM (.pdf 454 KB)	Te Arawa Lakes Trust	$52,835	Project withdrawn
2024-17	A project to establish emergency caches of supplies across the region to support emergency response coordination and operations (.pdf 386 KB)	West Coast Emergency Management Group	$110,000
2024-18	Building on ‘Resilient Westport Evacuation Planning’ for Greymouth, Hokitika and Franz Josef (.pdf 254 KB)	West Coast Emergency Management Group	$45,000
2024-19	Consistent and effective flood warning and evacuation protocols (.pdf 204 KB)	National Flood Warning Steering Group	$41,100
		Total	$888,535

*Multi-year project, pre-approved in 2023/24

Key dates
Applications open for submission	All year round
Closing date for applications	31 January
Applications assessed	February - March
Applicants notified of funding decisions	31 March
Project start date	1 July
Project end date	30 June (the following year)

Projects must meet the following eligibility criteria to be considered for funding.

Please note that any agency or individual can apply to the fund, but your application must be endorsed or sponsored by your relevant CDEM Group.

Eligibility considerations:

Projects are aligned with the National Disaster Resilience Strategy.
Projects will achieve equitable outcomes for Māori communities, marae, hapū, iwi and Māori organisations.
Projects are outcome focused. They will make a material difference.
Outcomes will be applicable across regions / CDEM Groups and projects will be delivered under Creative Commons license.
Projects build on existing work to support national consistency.
Projects and outcomes will not be used in commercial products or services.
Projects are achievable within one year. Applications with a project life of up to three years may be submitted within the support of a proportionate number of CDEM Groups. NEMA discretion and annual funding availability will apply.
Projects can leverage funding and in-kind contributions from other sources.
Operational expenditure (Opex) projects are preferred but Capital expenditure (Capex) is not excluded.

For a list of what project areas that do not qualify for funding please read the CDEM Resilience Fund: Information Series document (.pdf 832kb).

Project #	Project Title	Lead Agency	Amount applied	Amount approved	Output
2023 - 01	Preparing for AF8 #1: Improving emergency access to fuel supply and emergency power (.pdf 831kb)	West Coast Regional Council	$148,038	$148,038	Fuel Storage Final Report (.pdf 1mb)
2023-08	Facilitators and barriers to effective tsunami evacuation in Hawke’s Bay (.pdf 250kb)	Hawkes Bay CDEM Disaster Risk Reduction Team	$67,560	$67,560	N/A Project withdrawn
2023-09	Multi-lingual children’s storybooks – storms and floods project (Year 2 – 2023-2024) (.pdf 5.6mb)	Auckland Emergency Management	$43,000	$43,000	Multi-Lingual children's storybook Phase 2 Final Report (.pdf 400kb)
2023-11	Emergency Telecommunications at Community Emergency Hubs - Pilot (.pdf 208kb)	Wellington Region Emergency Management Office	$100,000	$100,000	Emergency Telecommunications at Community Emergency Hubs – Summary of the Starlink tests (.pdf 2mb)
2023-13	South Island Priority Routes (.pdf 3.2mb)	Canterbury CDEM Group	$100,000	$100,000	Priority Routes Evaluation Report (.pdf 3mb)
2023-16	Risks & Resilience: Expanding GIS-based impacts modelling across Canterbury lifelines (.pdf 4mb)	Canterbury CDEM Group	$150,000	$150,000	Risk and Resilience: Final Report (.pdf 750kb)
2023-17	Registration & Needs Assessment System Enhancement (.pdf 144kb)	Taranaki CDEM Group	$35,200	$35,200	Registration & Needs Assessment final report (.pdf 436kb)
2023-21	AF8 Programme (.pdf 831kb)	Southland CDEM Group	$600,000	$200,000	AF8 Year 8 Report (.pdf 4mb)
		Total	$1,243,798	$843,798