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. For financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, a reduced budget of $689,000 (excluding GST) is available 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 2024/25 financial year, preference will be given to projects that are linked to increasing Aotearoa's readiness to catastrophic events such as Hikurangi.
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 | Lead agency | Amount approved |
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Governing and Managing Disaster Recovery in Uncertain Times - research successful governance and management structures for disaster recovery, based on case studies and existing guidance | Simon Markham Consulting Limited | $54,000 |
Refinement and implementation of a framework for Professional Engineering Services during Emergencies | Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management | $50,000 |
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 | Ruapehu Emergency Management Office | $115,000 |
Enhancing Situational Awareness for Extreme Weather Response – using AI to collect and analyse information to enhance the quality of intelligence products | Waikato Regional Council | $99,000 |
Te Ātiawa Response and Resilience Development - enhancing emergency response capabilities within the Te Ātiawa community (top of the South Island) | Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Maui | $121,600 |
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 | Te Arawa Lakes Trust | $52,835 |
A project to establish emergency caches of supplies across the region to support emergency response coordination and operations | West Coast Emergency Management Group | $110,000 |
Building on ‘Resilient Westport Evacuation Planning’ for Greymouth, Hokitika and Franz Josef | West Coast Emergency Management Group | $45,000 |
Consistent and effective flood warning and evacuation protocols | National Flood Warning Steering Group | $41,100 |
Total | $688,535 |