Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

CDEM
New Zealand
Governments

Mission

Leading New Zealand in reducing risk, being ready for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies

Disaster Reduction Goal

- Increasing community awareness, understanding, preparedness and participation in civil defence emergency management.
- Reducing the risks from hazards to New Zealand.
- Enhancing New Zealand's capability to manage civil defence emergencies.
- Enhancing New Zealand's capability to recover from civil defence emergencies.

DRR activities
Policies and Programmes in DRR

- Monitor and evaluate the Government’s National Civil Defence Emergency Management Strategy.

- Develop, monitor & evaluate the National Civil Defence Emergency Plan.

- Monitor local government and national agencies with responsibilities for civil defence emergency management

- Develop, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, any national guidelines, codes, or technical standards for civil defence emergency management.

- Promote and advise on civil defence emergency management to the public, central and local government and other relevant agencies.

- Identify hazards and risks of national significance and, in a state of national emergency, direct and control its management.

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Documents and publications
Cyclone Gabrielle 2023: Regional recovery plan for Te Tai Tokerau Northland

This Regional Recovery Plan captures the key Recovery work needed in Te Tai Tokerau Northland due to Cyclone Gabrielle, and the subsequent rain and flood event at Mangawhai, which affected our region for two weeks in February 2023.

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
This Regional Recovery Plan captures the key Recovery work needed in Te Tai Tokerau Northland due to Cyclone Gabrielle, and the subsequent rain and flood event at Mangawhai, which affected our region for two weeks in February 2023.
Documents and publications
Safeguarding New Zealand's future: emergency management's role in shaping the nation

This paper presents New Zealand’s four-stage approach termed Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) that covers reduction, readiness, response and recovery. It also discusses key features of risk-based emergency management and outlines country’s

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
This paper presents New Zealand’s four-stage approach termed Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) that covers reduction, readiness, response and recovery.
Educational materials
What's the plan Stan? A resource for teaching civil defence emergency management in schools

For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery). This resource has three

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
Educating NZ: Empowering Educators
For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery).
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks
Focus on recovery: A holistic framework for recovery in New Zealand

Focus on Recovery provides a framework for recovery planning and management in New Zealand for local government, Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups and government departments.

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
Focus on Recovery provides a framework for recovery planning and management in New Zealand for local government, Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups and government departments.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.civildefence.govt.nz
[email protected]