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On 14 November 2016, Kaikōura and North Canterbury experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that had wide reaching impacts on New Zealand’s North and South Islands. The November 2016 Earthquake recover Story pulls together the many strands of support that government and councils have provided to help people back to a new normal.
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management today (Friday 12 June 2015) published Logistics in CDEM: Director's Guidelines for Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups. This will complete another recommendation from the Review of the CDEM Response to the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake.
More than 250,000 people have already registered to take part in New Zealand ShakeOut, our national earthquake drill.
Alerts and warnings
Learn about New Zealand’s tsunami monitoring and detection network.
CDEM Award winners were announced at the Ministerial Awards and Conference Dinner on Wednesday 1 June.
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.
Civil Defence Minister Hon Peeni Henare says World Tsunami Awareness Day today (5 November) is a chance for all New Zealanders to learn more about the tsunami risk in our regions and the right actions to take to stay safe.
National plans
The World Health Organisation is concerned that an avian influenza and a human influenza virus might mix. This could result in a new strain of influenza that could easily be passed from person to person. Such a new influenza virus could spread rapidly around the world, infecting many people. This would be an influenza pandemic.
The UN General Assembly has made 5 November World Tsunami Awareness Day with the first one being held this year. It’s a chance for all of us to find out more about tsunami and how to prepare for them.
Labour weekend is a great chance to catch up on all those things you’ve been meaning to do around the house, from cleaning out the guttering to making an emergency plan.