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Trifecta Programme Initial Stakeholder Sector Survey Results
Results from the Regulatory Framework Review (“Trifecta”) Programme Stakeholder Survey undertaken in May 2021 are now available.
New appointments to Emergency Management Assistance Team
New Zealand’s emergency response community has been enhanced with a third cohort joining the New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT).
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Emergency Management
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on Emergency Management was announced by the Acting Minister for Emergency Management on 25 May 2021. It is expected to meet 6 times per year. Its terms of reference set out its purpose an functions.
CIMS 3rd edition Role Cards now available
A national set of CIMS 3rd edition Role Cards has been released. The CIMS Role Cards cover key CIMS roles/functions at incident, local, regional and national response levels.
Whakaari-White Island investigation – Worksafe charges
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) can confirm it is one of the parties that has been charged by Worksafe in relation to the Whakaari-White Island eruption on 9 December 2019. NEMA will not comment further until the process has run its course.
CAP feed for Emergency Mobile Alert is now live
The new CAP feed allows EMA messages to be distributed by other systems that only need to be connected to the internet, so EMA life safety messages can get to people who are out of network coverage.
2020 Edition of the New Zealand Critical Lifelines Infrastructure National Vulnerability Assessment
The New Zealand Lifelines Council has released the 2020 Edition of the New Zealand Critical Lifelines Infrastructure National Vulnerability Assessment.
Canterbury earthquake resources find a permanent home
Lessons learned from the Canterbury earthquakes will be shared widely and preserved for the future when a collection of reports and information moves to a new digital home.
Cancelled: 2020 National Emergency Management Conference
The 2020 National Emergency Management Conference has been cancelled as a precautionary approach, and as many of the expected attendees, organisers and presenters from NEMA and the sector are at full capacity focusing on COVID-19. At a later stage we will recognise those who have been nominated for CDEM Awards. We look forward to hosting the 2021 National Emergency Management Conference.