National CDEM Exercise Programme 2013
Date: March 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: Exercise Titakataka
Exercise Theme: Maritime exercise – disabled ship
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Auckland CDEM Group
Participating Agencies: Harbour Masters Office
Details: Tabletop and function exercise with the Harbour Masters Office
Date: 29 May 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: Exercise Te Ripahapa
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Canterbury CDEM Group
Participating Agencies: All South Island CDEM Groups, MCDEM, DIA Policy, Ministry of Health, St John, NZ Police, NZDF, NZFS and Ministry of Transport
Details: Exercise Te Ripahapa focused on a response to a major Alpine Fault earthquake
Date: July 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: TBC
Exercise Theme: Business Continuity exercise
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Auckland CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details: Functional exercise with Council departments
Date: 2 September 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: TBC
Exercise Theme: TBC
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Chatham Islands CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: 20 November 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: Exercise Pahu
Exercise Theme: Volcanic eruption
Exercise Type: Functional exercise
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Taranaki CDEM Group
Participating Agencies: Taranaki CDEM Group, Waikato CDEM Group, Manawatu-Wanganui CDEM Group, Wellington CDEM Group, Hawke’s Bay CDEM Group, Bay of Plenty CDEM Group and MCDEM
Details: Full activation of EMO and eruption response including evacuation of people and livestock
Point of Contact: Shane Briggs shane.briggs@trc.govt.nz
Date: 18-22 November 2013
Financial Year: 2013/2014
Exercise Name: Exercise Southern Katipo
Exercise Theme: Extraction of refugees
Exercise Type: Full scale
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: New Zealand Defence Force
Participating Agencies: MFAT, Southland CDEM Group
Details: NZDF will be working with MFAT to removed approx. 80 persons from the South Island and move them to another location (Dunedin) part of a wider very big defence force exercise.
Point of Contact: Craig Sinclair craig.sinclair@es.govt.nz