How can New Zealand build long-term resilience to hazards, such as severe weather, pandemics, volcanic activity, and earthquakes?
That is the subject of a draft Long-term Insights Briefing the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) have developed on behalf of the National Hazards Board.
Discussions about national resilience-building are particularly timely. The country faces growing challenges from various hazards, and New Zealanders have been deeply affected by a range of these events.
Enhancing our national resilience will help us mitigate the consequences of disasters, and capture an array of economic, social, and environmental benefits. It will give our people and economy the opportunity to thrive – not just when conditions are easy, but also when they are hard.
The draft briefing shares information on New Zealand’s hazard landscape and the forces that shape it. It also outlines the difficulties of resilience-building and identifies opportunities for action.
We encourage people to read the briefing and provide feedback before the consultation closes at 11:59pm on 27 August.
For more information and to access the briefing and feedback form, see the Building Resilience to Hazards Long-term Insights Briefing DPMC website page.