A $133,000 project for deployable emergency hybrid energy systems is one of 17 national resilience projects across Aotearoa, New Zealand to receive funds through the Civil Defence Emergency Management Resilience Fund.

Work is progressing on a full review of the Tairāwhiti Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group Plan, the key document that guides how the region prepares for, responds to and recovers from emergencies.

Earth Sciences New Zealand earthquake geologist Dr Nicola Litchfield is delving into the past to help prepare Tairāwhiti communities for the future.

She’s recently spent time at Waihau Bay and Pouawa exploring coastal cliff exposures of uplifted beach deposits to see how often and how big earthquakes in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone or offshore faults have been, to better forecast what could come.

A joint venture between AREC and Tairāwhiti Emergency Management has added another solid layer of communication back-up should other systems fail . . . and it could be a gamechanger for Tairāwhiti.

Schools across the region are now better prepared to cope in an emergency thanks to the first tranche of emergency radios have been rolled out by Tairāwhiti Emergency Management.

Ukraine may be a world away from Gisborne but Tairāwhiti Emergency Management group manager Ben Green could see plenty of similarities after presenting at the inaugural Australia-New Zealand-Ukraine Cooperation Forum.

If your home has a red or yellow building placard due to flood-related damage, this page guides you through what it means and what to do next.

Standing with East Cape communities - donations welcomed via the Disaster Relief Trust.
We appreciate all your support.
Ngā mihi.

UPDATE 8.15pm January 26

Annette Hutchins is leaving nothing to chance. She’s always been somewhat emergency prepared, but since Cyclone Gabrielle she’s taken that up a notch or two.