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New Zealand faces a number of complex hazards and national security threats that we define as National Risks. These National Risks could have serious immediate and/or long-term effects on New Zealand’s safety, prosperity and/or national security,…

The Officials’ Committee for Domestic and External Security Coordination (ODESC) system is New Zealand’s ‘all-hazards, all-threats’ strategic crisis response system. The ODESC system is used by central government during an actual or emerging significant…

Activation of the ODESC system, The following triggers are used to consider whether ODESC coordination (activation) is needed for an emerging risk or crisis response: Has unusual features of scale, nature, intensity or consequence Conveys significant…

New Zealand faces a range of complex hazards and national security threats that could have serious, immediate and/or long-term effects on New Zealand’s safety, prosperity, and or national security, requiring national-level intervention and coordination.…

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Ministry for the Environment have developed a Long-term Insights Briefing on a nationally important topic: building New Zealand's long-term resilience to hazards, such as severe weather, pandemics…

New Zealand faces a number of complex serious hazards and national security threats – known as National Risks - that could trigger a national level crisis at any time, and cause significant harm to our collective safety, security and prosperity.  New…

This is the third year DPMC has commissioned the National Risks Public Survey to understand public perceptions of National Risks (including both national security threats and significant hazards). While previous surveys focused more on national security…