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Civil Defence Emergency Response To Cyclone Gabrielle – Independent Review Process Update

Monday, 12 February 2024, 10:01 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

The Independent Review into the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group’s response to Cyclone Gabrielle continues to make good progress and remains on track to be delivered to the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management ... More >>

All Mataura residents return home

Friday, 7 February 2020, 9:49 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

All Mataura residents were able to return to their properties from 6pm Thursday when the cordon surrounding the town was lifted. More >>

Put an emergency plan on your long weekend to-do list

Friday, 25 October 2019, 12:13 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

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. More >>

Major Ruapehu multi-agency emergency response exercise

Friday, 3 May 2019, 3:18 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

Ruapehu Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) is holding a multi-agency training exercise on Wednesday 15 May based around a major volcanic eruption on Mt Ruapehu. The exercise led by Ruapehu District Council will involve all the usual emergency ... More >>

MCDEM assessing large Pacific earthquake

Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 5:41 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management and GNS Science are currently assessing whether the magnitude 7.6 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS earthquake at 2018-12-05 5:18 PM has created a tsunami that could affect New Zealand. More >>

Views Sought on New Civil Defence Regional Blueprint

Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 8:33 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

A new five-year Civil Defence blueprint for Taranaki has been drafted and the public can now have a say on the future of emergency management in the region. More >>

Emergency Mobile Alert System to Keep Kiwis Safe

Friday, 24 November 2017, 9:34 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

New Zealand’s new Emergency Mobile Alert system is set to go live this weekend, providing a new alerting channel to help keep Kiwi communities safe in emergencies. More >>

Christchurch Civil Defence Update #9

Thursday, 16 February 2017, 8:54 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

There are still some very active fire fronts up on the Port Hills, but not as many as there were prior to midnight. A large number of fire crews have been on the ground working hard to protect properties overnight, and the drop in fire activity can also ... More >>

National Advisory: No Tsunami Threat to New Zealand

Sunday, 22 January 2017, 9:57 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

No: 01 Issued 1810 22 JAN 2017 More Detail: An earthquake has occurred with these parameters: Origin time: UTC 0430 22 JAN 2017 NZ time: NZDT 1730 22 JAN 2017 Co-ordinates: 6.1 SOUTH 155.2 EAST Depth: 168 KMS Location: SOLOMON ISLANDS Magnitude: 7.9 The ... More >>

Potential Tsunami Threat for marine and beach areas

Friday, 9 December 2016, 8:15 am | Civil Defence Emergency Management

Potential Tsunami Threat for marine and beach areas This is an official request for the broadcast of an Emergency Announcement in accordance with the Memoranda of Understanding between the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management and ... More >>

Nelson Tasman Community awareness meetings

Monday, 5 December 2016, 4:47 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

The Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management group is holding a number of public meetings throughout the District over the next couple of weeks starting with Motueka tomorrow night. More >>

Kaikoura Earthquake media release #22

Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 3:46 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management Director, Sarah Stuart-Black, says the Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group’s decision to extend the local State of Emergency will ensure the Group has the powers it needs ... More >>

Kaikoura Emergency Access Route

Sunday, 27 November 2016, 2:48 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

The reason for the closure is to allow NZ Transport Agency contractors to rest their crews, who have been working on the road now for almost two weeks. More >>

GNS Slow-slip update , 26 November 2016

Saturday, 26 November 2016, 9:26 pm | Civil Defence Emergency Management

Media Statement 26 November 2016, 1800hrs GNS has issued an update about recent observations that were published approximately a week ago. They have observed unusual activity involving two slow slips (slow moving earthquakes) at the same time, on both east ... More >>

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