CDEM Resilience Fund
Application information and previous recipients
Resilience Fund Timeline
Application form and report template
Previous applications
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.
Funding will be provided to specific projects that improve emergency management capability and contribute to resilience.
The fund will support 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.
An external review of the Fund was carried out in September 2020. A joint working group of NEMA staff and CDEM Group representatives reviewed the recommendations and the Information Series document was updated.
CDEM Resilience Fund: Information Series [IS 11/21] (.pdf 832kb)
Resilience Fund Timeline

Applications |
Date |
Closing date for applications |
31 January |
Successful applicants notified |
31 March |
Project start date |
1 July |
For further information contact: resilience.fund@nema.govt.nz
Application form and report template
CDEM Resilience Fund Application form (.docx 227kb)
CDEM Resilience Fund Report template (.docx 227kb)
2023/24 Resilience Fund applications
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 |
|
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 |
$1,243,798.44 |
$843,798.44 |
|
2022/23 Resilience Fund applications
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
$879,520 |
|
2021/22 Resilience Fund applications
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
|
|
2021-07 |
Kia Kotahi te Hoe - Further Together (.pdf 4.1mb)
|
Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust |
$383,569
|
$122,550 |
Kia Kotahi te Hoe - Further Together Final Report (.pdf 3.8mb) |
2021-08 |
Multi-ethnic languages of Te Hīkoi a Rūaumoko / Rūaumoko’s walk (.pdf 362kb) |
Hawkes Bay CDEM Group |
$93,135 |
$50,535 |
Multi-ethnic languages of Te Hīkoi a Rūaumoko/Rūaumoko's Walk Final Report (.pdf 7.4mb) |
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 |
Active Fault Mapping Gisborne Tairāwhiti Final Report (.pdf 1mb) |
2021-16 |
Kermadec Tsunami Response Plan (.pdf 4.4mb) |
Northland CDEM |
$45,000 |
$45,000 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
Total |
$1,712,640 |
$876,985 |
|
2020/21 Resilience Fund applications
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
2019/20 Resilience Fund applications
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
|
|
2018/19 Resilience Fund applications
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 |
|