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30 Nov 2020

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.

08 Oct 2020

One week to go until New Zealand’s national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi

Over half a million people have signed up to take part in this year’s New Zealand ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi.

27 Jul 2020

Help for coastal communities at risk of tsunami

Information released by MBIE’s Building System Performance team and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will help communities across New Zealand address a crucial issue – how do people living in low-lying, coastal areas evacuate in time from an impending tsunami?

14 Jul 2020

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.

09 Jul 2020

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.

08 Jul 2020

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.

01 Jul 2020

New appointments to Emergency Management Assistance Team

New Zealand’s emergency response system has been boosted with a second cohort joining the New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT).

22 Jun 2020

Report on use of powers during national transition period

The report on the exercise of statutory powers during the national transition period owing to the impacts of COVID-19 is now available.

06 Apr 2020

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.

26 Mar 2020

Guide to the National CDEM Plan 2015 updated

Six sections of the Guide to the National CDEM Plan 2015 have been revised, and are now available on our website.