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New Zealand Hazardscape
New Zealand has a broad range of hazards:
“sometimes it does us a power of good to remind ourselves that we live on two volcanic rocks where two tectonic plates meet, in a somewhat lonely stretch of windswept ocean just above the Roaring Forties. If you want drama – you’ve come to the right place”
Sir Geoffrey Palmer
NZ’s CDEM History Mid 1930’s – Concerns around
earthquakes; air raids; poison gas attacks
Early 50’s – threat of nuclear war 1959 – Ministry of Civil Defence created 1962 – First Civil Defence Act 1968 – 30 of 262 local authorities had
no plan 1968 – 1980 Events led to amendments
of Act
1983 Civil Defence Act
Emphasised regional civil defence
Government agencies given specific responsibilities
‘Recovery’ mentioned for the first time
2002 – Civil Defence Emergency Management
Act Greater regionalisation of CDEM
Lifelines mandated to replace Government departments that had been privatised
Recognition of ‘4 R’s’
Led to integrated planning framework
Key Legislative Acts
Resource Management Act 1991
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Building Act 2004
All influence and promote integrated environmental management & recognition of hazards and risks
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Provided the framework for civil defence emergency management with key elements:
1. A clear statement of purpose that mandates risk management
2. A structure to enable cooperative planning, response and accountability
3. An integrated planning framework
Purpose of the Act
Promoting sustainable management of hazards
Enabling communities to achieve acceptable levels of risk
Requiring co-ordination of CDEM activities
Encouraging co-ordination and integration across sectors to address interdependencies
Reduction, readiness, response and recovery arrangements
National CDEM Strategy
Resilient New Zealandcommunities, understanding & managing
their hazards
To increase awareness, understanding & participation in CDEM
To reduce the risks from hazards to New Zealand To enhance New Zealand's capability to manage
emergencies To enhance New Zealand’s capability to recover
from disasters
Role of the Ministry
MCDEM’s 4 business goals are:
To build and maintain MCDEM capability To develop CDEM initiatives for hazard risk
reduction To enhance CDEM stakeholders’ capability To increase awareness and understanding of, and
commitment to, CDEM
How the CDEM Group is made up
Senior Managers - Local Authority
Emergency Services,Health and others
Coordinating Executive Group
Policy makingStrategic PlanningImplementation of
Group Plan
LocalEMO/EOC
LocalEMO/EOC
LocalEMO/EOC
LocalEMO/EOC
LocalResponse/Planning
CDEM Officers
LocalAuthority
LocalAuthority
LocalAuthority
LocalAuthority
Members ofCDEM Group
Local Government
Professional ServicesHazards & Risks
Coordination
CDEM Group Manager
CDEM GroupEMO/EOC
Political Leaders -Local Authority
CDEM GroupCommittee
AccountabilityDecision making
Governance