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.
Media releases issued by the Minister of Civil Defence are published on the Beehive website.
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.
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.
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.
03 Apr 2008
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management today distributed draft guidelines for planning mass evacuations.
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.
10 Jan 2008
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management announced today that it recorded 900 weather and geological events or emergencies last year.
20 Dec 2007
Maintaining strong international links has been set as a priority for the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management.
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.