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Pacific Tsunami Warning System 50th Anniversary
Get Ready to 'Get Thru' winter
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Sign language interpreter Jeremy Borland backing New Zealand ShakeOut
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Central North Island Flooding June 2015 – Recovery Information
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NZ earthquake drill leads the world
More than 100 actions in place to better prepare NZ for managing an emergency
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Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan 2015
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Updated Tsunami Evacuation Zones: Directors’ Guideline for CDEM Groups
CDEM Award winners announced
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Cascadia Rising tests US and Canada
Never Happens? Happens campaign launched
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Prepared communities start with prepared kids
Stan’s back, and he’s more prepared than ever before
Tomorrow is World Tsunami Awareness Day
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Free Risk Communication Workshops - Chch, Wanaka, Wellington
Recovery legislation bill passes third reading
National Transition Period for quake recovery
2016 National Lifelines Forum Documents Now Available
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East Cape earthquake and tsunami: 2 September 2016 Post Event Report (National Emergency Management Agency response)
Media remain committed when disaster strikes
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Kaikoura Earthquake and Tsunami: 14 November 2016 Post Event Report (National Emergency Management Agency response)
Exercise Tangaroa post-exercise report.
Wellington Earthquake National Initial Response Plan version 1.1 now available
Results of the Disaster Preparedness Survey for 2017 now available
Recovery information updated
Emergency Mobile Alert test
New Zealand Lifelines Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment: Stage 1 report now available
Tsunami awareness saves lives
Emergency Mobile Alert – Live Nationwide Test Notification
November 2016 earthquake recovery story now live
Report on response to natural disasters and emergencies released
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Media Release: Time to plan ahead as Gita gears towards NZ
Deaf communities to get better emergency information
New Zealand ShakeOut 2018
Media key to better emergency information for diverse communities
Media release: Tsunami can arrive in minutes – have a plan to evacuate
Media release: Feedback sought on proposed National Disaster Resilience Strategy
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Tis the season to BEEEEEEEEEP - Nationwide test alert this Sunday
Airbnb agreement to unlock emergency accommodation nationwide
Wellington Earthquake National Initial Response Plan version 2.0 now available
Review of Recoveries Report
Tasman District Fire Response Post Event Report
Kermadec Islands Earthquake Post Event Report
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To sign is to be seen
Put an emergency plan on your long weekend to-do list
Learn how to stay safe on World Tsunami Awareness Day
Emergency Management System Reform Programme Update October 2019
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National Emergency Management Agency to replace Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
Whakaari White Island Volcanic Eruption
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Guide to the National CDEM Plan 2015 updated
Cancelled: 2020 National Emergency Management Conference
Report on use of powers during national transition period
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Canterbury earthquake resources find a permanent home
2020 Edition of the New Zealand Critical Lifelines Infrastructure National Vulnerability Assessment
CAP feed for Emergency Mobile Alert is now live
Help for coastal communities at risk of tsunami
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Whakaari-White Island investigation – Worksafe charges
Results of the 2020 Disaster Preparedness Survey
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Hikurangi and Kermadec Islands Earthquakes Post-Event Report
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Trifecta Programme Initial Stakeholder Sector Survey Results
2021 Disaster Preparedness Survey Results
NZ EMAT Camp
New Zealand Emergency Management Leadership Development Programme
New legislation to modernise emergency management system
NEMA Science Strategy
DART network proves invaluable in assessing tsunami threat following the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption
Mt Ruapehu Volcanic Alert Level raised to Level 2.
Date for nationwide test of Emergency Mobile Alert system confirmed
NZSL is essential to “Get Ready” for emergencies
Don’t worry, it’s just a test – Emergency Mobile Alert nationwide test this Sunday
Civil Defence campaign warns Kiwis to “Get The Flood Out!”
Registrations open for ShakeOut’s tenth anniversary earthquake drill
National Training Package: Knowledge of the CIMS intelligence Function now live
Government strengthens emergency management cooperation between New Zealand and the United States
2022 update of Consistent Messages for CDEM now available
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