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.

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

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

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
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
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
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
2023-11	Emergency Telecommunications at Community Emergency Hubs - Pilot (.pdf 208kb)	Wellington Region Emergency Management Office	$100,000	$100,000
2023-13	South Island Priority Routes (.pdf 3.2mb)	Canterbury CDEM Group	$100,000	$100,000
2023-16	Risks & Resilience: Expanding GIS-based impacts modelling across Canterbury lifelines (.pdf 4mb)	Canterbury CDEM Group	$150,000	$150,000
2023-17	Registration & Needs Assessment System Enhancement (.pdf 144kb)	Taranaki CDEM Group	$35,200	$35,200
2023-21	AF8 Programme (.pdf 831kb)	Southland CDEM Group	$600,000	$200,000
		Total	$1,243,798	$843,798

Project #	Project Title	Lead Agency	Amount applied	Amount approved	Output
2022 - 01	Regional Resilience Analysis (.pdf 8.5mb)	Marlborough District Council	$100,000	$100,000	Marlborough Regional Resilience Analysis (.pdf 5.3mb)
2022-02	East Coast LAB- Earthquake Education Kits (.pdf 1.4mb)	Hawke's Bay Regional Council	$28,000	$28,000	House of Science Earthquake Education Kits (.pdf 672kb)
2022-03	Coastal Community Resilience Guide (.pdf 330kb)	Chatham Islands Council	$55,000	$55,000	Coastal Community Resilience Guide Final Report (.pdf 672kb)
2022-04	Improving Resilience from Rain Events- Understanding the impact of high intensity storms on property in Tairawhiti and an analysis of changes to risk and resilience resulting from climate change (.pdf 321kb)	Gisborne District Council	$105,000	$105,000
2022-06	Preparing for AF8 #1: Improving emergency access to fuel supply and emergency power (.pdf 265kb)	West Coast Regional Council	$298,038	$150,000	Refere to 2023-01 for final report when it is available.
2022-07	Preparing for AF8 #2: Improving alternate (and emergency) communications on the West Coast (.pdf 273kb)	West Coast Regional Council	$190,020	$190,020
2022-09	Chinese small business resilience conference (.pdf 243kb)	Auckland Council	$43,000	$43,000
2022-10	Multi-lingual Children’s Storybook – storms and flood (.pdf 154kb)	Auckland Council	$85,500	$85,500
2022-12	Kia Kotahi te Hoe - Further Together Year 2 (.pdf 4.1mb)	Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust	$123,000	$123,000	Te Kotahi o Te tauihu Charitable Trust - Final Report (.pdf 2.5mb)
		Total	$1,027,558	$879,520

Project #	Project Title	Lead Agency	Amount applied	Amount approved	Output
2021-03	Emergency Management Capability Analysis Project (EMCAP) (.pdf 136kb)	Chatham Islands CDEM Group	$13,900	$13,900	Emergency Management Capability Analysis Project
2021-04	Risks & Resilience: Using a new GIS portal and existing body of knowledge base to standardise and advance the maturity of vulnerability assessments and resilience-focussed investment business cases (.pdf 3.8mb)	Canterbury CDEM Group	$175,000	$175,000	Risks and Resilience Final Report (.pdf 15mb) Risks and Resilience Report Maturity Pathway (.pdf 10.2mb) Risks and Resilience Report Data Acquisition (.pdf 19mb) Risks and Resilience Report Scanning Stocktake (.pdf 5.4mb) Risks and Resilience Report Pilot and Data Needs (.pdf 9mb) Risks and Resilience Report Modelling and Analysis (.pdf 2.8mb)
2021-07	Kia Kotahi te Hoe - Further Together (.pdf 4.1mb)	Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust	$383,569	$122,550	Refer to 2022-12 for final project report.
2021-08	Multi-ethnic languages of Te Hīkoi a Rūaumoko / Rūaumoko’s walk (.pdf 362kb)	Hawkes Bay CDEM Group	$93,135	$50,535	Te Hīkoi a Rūaumoko Translation Final Project (.pdf 845kb)
2021-11	Response planning and catchment modelling – Western Waikato catchments (.pdf 174kb)	Waikato CDEM Group	$110,000	$110,000	NA Project Withdrawn
2021-12	Active Fault Delineation for Gisborne/Tairawhiti (.pdf 754kb)	Gisborne District Council	$120,000	$120,000	Tairāwhiti Gisborne Active Fault Mapping using LiDAR Final Project Report (.pdf 17mb)
2021-16	Kermadec Tsunami Response Plan (.pdf 4.4mb)	Northland CDEM	$45,000	$45,000	Northland Tsunami Response Plan Final Project Report (.pdf 1.2mb)
2021-17	Climate change preparedness, Lifelines infrastructure (.pdf 3.1mb)	Northland CDEM	$25,000	$25,000	Northland Lifelines Group Infrastructure Climate Change Risk Assessment (.pdf 4.9mb)
2021-18	Tuwakawaka for Rotorua CDEM (.pdf 434kb)	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group	$50,000	$50,000	Tuwakawaka Final Report (.pdf 790kb)
2021-19	Recovery Management Navigator Guide (.pdf 235kb)	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group	$40,000	$40,000	Recovery Navigators' Guide
2021-20	Resilience Strategy - Action Plan (.pdf 2.1mb)	West Coast Emergency Management Group	$90,000	$90,000	WCCDEM Alternate Communications_Action Plan WCCDEM Containerisation Story WCCDEM Fuel Storage_Action Plan WCCDEM Water Resilience Options Paper
2021-21	Emergency Management Legislation Reforms: CDEM SIG Regional Issues and Options Analysis Report	Hawke's Bay Regional Council	$35,000	$35,000	EM Reforms - CDEM SIG Regional Issues and Options Report - December 2022 (.pdf 1mb) Addendum to CDEM SIG Group - Regional Issues and Options Analysis Report (Dec 22) - July 23 (.pdf 492kb)
		Total	$1,180,604	$876,985

Project #	Project Title	Lead Agency	Amount applied for	Amount approved	Output
2020-03	Red Cross Good and Ready pilot (.pdf 100kb)	Tauranga City Council (Bay of Plenty CDEM Group)	$35,000	$35,000	Red Cross Good and Ready project report (.pdf 1.6mb)
2020-04	Kia takatū (.pdf 112kb)	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group	$30,000	$30,000	Kia takatū project final report (.pdf 1.6mb)
2020-05	Digital content for public education programmes (.pdf 82kb)	Tauranga City Council Emergency Management (Bay of Plenty CDEM)	$100,000	$100,000	Digital content for public education project report (.pdf 1.1mb)
2020-07	Strengthening Maori Engagement and relationships in Te Tai Tokerau (.pdf 1.95mb)	Northland CDEM Group	$89,000	$89,000	For further information on the final project report, please contact Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management.
2020-08	Northland CDEM Group Needs Assessment Technology Solution (.pdf 2.19mb)	Northland CDEM Group	$30,000	$30,000	Needs Assessment Technology Solution
2020-10	Tsunami Taumaru (.pdf 336kb)	Hawke’s Bay CDEM	$40,000	$40,000	Tsunami Taumaru Project (.pdf 2mb)
2020-11	Preparation of Technical Note on the Design and Evaluating of Existing Buildings as Emergency Co-ordination Centres (.pdf 124kb)	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group	$11,000	$11,000	Technical Note: Evaluating Existing Buildings as Emergency Operations Centres and Emergency Co-ordination Centres (.pdf 672kb)
2020-12	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group – National Assembly Area (Sea) Operations Planning (.pdf 84kb)	Bay of Plenty CDEM Group	$22,000	$22,000	National Assembly Area (Sea) Operations Plan (.pdf 762kb)
2020-14	Household Preparedness Tool (.pdf 180kb)	West Coast Emergency Management Group	$50,000	$50,000	Household Preparedness Tool
2020-15	Taranaki Unrest Response and Recovery North Island Plan (TURRNIP) - Initial Phase (.pdf 421kb)	Taranaki CDEM Group	$70,000	$70,000	Taranaki Unrest Response and Recovery North Island Plan (TURRNIP)
2020-17	Northland Tsunami Alerting System Upgrade (.pdf 2.12mb)	Northland CDEM Group	$250,000	$250,000	Northland Tsunami Alerting System Upgrade Project Report (.pdf 518kb)
2020-18	Taranaki CDEM Group Welfare Registration & Needs Assessment with integrated coordination and management capability investigation & Development (.pdf 2.22mb)	Taranaki CDEM Group	$30,000	$30,000	Welfare Registration & Needs Assessment (.pdf 625kb)
		Total	$757,000	$757,000

Project #	Application title	Applicant	Amount applied for	Amount approved	Output
2019-01	Hikurangi Response Plan (.pdf 1.9mb)	Hawke's Bay CDEM	$250,000	$250,000	Hikurangi Response Plan (.pdf 14.8mb)
2019-02	Generator Plan (.pdf 1.6mb)	Manawatu-Whanganui CDEM	$20,000	$20,000	Generator Plan (.pdf 798kb)
2019-03	GIS Investigation (.pdf 1mb)	Taranaki CDEM	$25,000	$25,000	Geospatial strategy (.pdf 11.8mb)
2019-05	Community Engagement Network year 2 (.pdf 164kb)	EM Southland	$80,000	$80,000	NA Project Withdrawn
2019-06	Disaster Waste Management Plan - Phase 3 (.pdf 617kb)	Waikato RC	$100,000	$100,000	Disaster Waste Management Plan - Phase 3 final project report (.pdf 500kb)
2019-07	Regional Fuel Plan (.pdf 381kb)	Nelson Tasman CDEM	$25,000	$25,000	Regional Fuel Study (.pdf 1.5mb)
2019-11	Te ara o Tawaki - Pathway to resilience indicators (.pdf 344kb)	Hawke's Bay CDEM	$100,000	$100,000	Te Ara o Tawhaki (.pdf 6.8mb)
2019-12	Know your zone (.pdf 1.7mb)	Hawke's Bay CDEM	$70,000	$70,000	NA Project Withdrawn
2019-13	West Coast Tsunami Modelling – Extension (.pdf 107kb)	West Coast CDEM	$85,000	$85,000	West Coast Tsunami Modelling final report (.pdf 8mb)
		Total	$755,000	$755,000

Project #	Project title	Applicant	Amount applied for	Amount approved	Output
2018/01	Taranaki Regional Fuel Plan (.pdf 984kb)	Taranaki CDEM Group	$25,000	$25,000	Taranaki Fuel Emergency Plan Final Report (.pdf 2mb)
2018/02	Te Apiti - Manawatu Gorge Slope Movement Risk (.pdf 1.8mb)	Manawatu-Wanganui	$60,000	$60,000	Te Apiti - Manawatū Gorge Slope Movement Risk (.pdf 5mb)
2018/03	National Information Infrastructure Framework phase 2 (.pdf 434kb)	StratSim Ltd	$145,320	$145,320	Refer to Project report 2017-28
2018/04	Foreign Language Emergency Messaging for Radio (.pdf 56kb)	Christchurch City Council/Plains FM 96.9	$42,500	$42,500	Civil Defence Multilingual Messaging for Radio - Resource Guide (.pdf 782kb)
2018/05	AF8 - Third year (.pdf 177kb)	EM Southland	$170,000	$170,000	AF8 Year 3 Project Report (.pdf 1.7mb)
2018/08	Mitigation Tsunami Hazards at Maritime Facilities in Northland (.pdf 967kb)	eCoast Consulting	$84,650	$84,650	Development of Products and Procedures for the Mitigation of Tsunami Hazards at Maritime Facilities in Northland (.pdf 6mb) and appendices (.pdf 12.8mb) Please contact the Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for copies of the individual playbooks.
2018/09	Hikurangi Response Plan – across the North Island East Coast (.pdf 1.5mb)	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council	$240,000	$240,000	Refer to Project report 2019-01
		Total	$1,051,220	$767,470

2018/2019 Supplementary applications to the Resilience Fund

Project #	Project title	Applicant	Amount applied for	Amount approved	Output
2018/10X	Southland Otago Fuel Plan (.pdf 197kb)	Southland CDEM Group	$20,000	$20,000	Otago/Southland Fuel Plan (.pdf 1.4mb)
2018/11X	Fuel and Generator Plan (.pdf 250kb)	Tairawhiti CDEM Group	$25,000	$25,000	Tairāwhiti Fuel and Generator Plan (.pdf 905kb)
2018/13X	Community Engagement Network (.pdf 173kb)	Southland CDEM Group	$20,000	$20,000	Best Practice Guide for Building Community Resilience (.pdf 182kb)
2018/16X	West Coast Tsunami Modelling (.pdf 291kb)	West Coast CDEM Group	$110,000	$16,530	West Coast Tsunami Evacuation Zones (.pdf 8011kb)
2018/17X	Rapid Relief Planning (.pdf 3.5mb)	Hawke's Bay CDEM Group	$40,000	$40,000	Rapid Disaster Relief (.pdf 2.1mb)
		Total	$767,470	$767,470