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Cell broadcast alerting on track for late 2017
Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the implementation of a new nationwide channel for sending alerts about emergencies to mobile phones is on track to be up and running by the end of the year.
National Transition Period for quake recovery
Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has given notice for a National Transition Period for the Kaikoura, Hurunui and Marlborough Districts to assist with the recovery from the Hurunui/Kaikoura earthquake on 14 November 2016.
2017/2018 Resilience Fund applications open
The 2017/2018 Resilience Fund is open for applications and will close on 1 October 2016.
Never Happens? Happens campaign launched
Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye has announced the launch of a new campaign encouraging Kiwis to be better prepared for emergencies.
Cascadia Rising tests US and Canada
Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management National Operations Team Leader Jo Guard recently attended the International Observer Programme for Cascadia Rising – a major earthquake and tsunami exercise held in the US and Canada over the period 7-10 June 2016.
Funding boost to improve NZ’s resilience to natural hazards
Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that eight regions have been awarded funding grants from the 2016 Resilience Fund, an annual fund of $889,000 administered by the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM).
CDEM Award winners announced
CDEM Award winners were announced at the Ministerial Awards and Conference Dinner on Wednesday 1 June.
New Ministry of Health advice on infant feeding in an emergency
The Ministry of Health has published advice for health practitioners, district health board emergency management staff and consumers on infant feeding in an emergency.
Proposed new law will help communities recover from emergencies
A proposed law change to help communities recover from small to moderate scale emergencies has started to make its way through Parliament. The Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Bill has been introduced to Parliament.