Media Release Archive
Non-emergency related media releases issued by the National Emergency Management Agency
Media releases issued by the Minister of Civil Defence are published on the Beehive website.
mr 2008 09 02 if you had to leave in a hurry
If you had to leave in a hurry, what would you do? (190 KB)
02 Sep 2008
Seeing New Orleans being evacuated ahead of Hurricane Gustav, it is timely to consider what New Zealanders would be able to do if we had to leave home in a hurry.
One of the “star attractions” at the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Forum at Parliament tomorrow will be big, green and mobile. It is Horizons Regional Council’s mobile education facility and emergency operations centre (EOC), the “Green Rig” (right). It will be set up in the forecourt at Parliament tomorrow.
Starting tomorrow, the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management is hosting a nationwide series of tsunami preparedness seminars.
mr 2008 06 05 discredited earthquake safety advice
Discredited earthquake safety advice circulated in NZ (185 KB)
05 Jun 2008
New Zealand agencies involved in promoting earthquake safety are concerned that advice from a source discredited overseas is being circulated by e-mail in New Zealand.
mr 2008 04 16 204 events in first quarter
204 civil defence emergency management events in first quarter: earthquakes and weather warnings mos (206 KB)
16 Apr 2008
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management announced today that it recorded 204 weather and geological events in the first quarter of the year, 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008.
mr 2008 04 03 mass evacuation planning guidelines
How do you evacuate 300,000 people? Mass evacuation planning guidelines developed and myths dispell (184 KB)
03 Apr 2008
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management today distributed draft guidelines for planning mass evacuations.
mr 2008 03 30 better faster science information
Better, faster science information for civil defence emergency management (156 KB)
30 Mar 2008
Civil defence emergency management (CDEM) organisations will have better and faster access to science information through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management and GNS Science.
mr 2008 01 10 900 civil defence events recorded in 2007
900 civil defence events recorded in 2007: earthquakes, severe weather, tornadoes, floods, and an er (152 KB)
10 Jan 2008
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management announced today that it recorded 900 weather and geological events or emergencies last year.
mr 2007 12 20 strong international links
Strong international links set as priority for Ministry (149 KB)
20 Dec 2007
Maintaining strong international links has been set as a priority for the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management.
mr 2007 12 04 ministry and salvation army strengthen emergency welfare
Ministry and Salvation Army strengthen emergency welfare (147 KB)
04 Dec 2007
New Zealand’s ability to respond to civil defence emergency management (CDEM) events was strengthened today after the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management and The Salvation Army signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) about welfare services.