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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.…

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 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…

The Strategic Crisis Management Directorate leads, coordinates and supports the Officials’ Committee for Domestic and External Security Coordination (ODESC system) of strategic crisis management to deliver a secure and resilient New Zealand.  The…

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…

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…

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…

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry for the Environment have released this draft Long-term Insights Briefing for public consultation between 6 and 27 August 2025. For more information, see the Building Resilience to Hazards…

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…

Accessible version If you require an accessible version please contact [email protected] and cite "Proactive Release: National Risk and Resilience ( CAB-24-SUB-0471 )" as a reference. The following document has been proactively released by the…

Accessible version If you require an accessible version please contact [email protected] and cite "Proactive Release: Strengthening national and regional emergency management to improve New Zealand’s disaster resilience ( ECO-24-SUB-0216 )" as a…

Accessible version If you require an accessible version please contact [email protected] and cite "Proactive Release: A roadmap for responding to the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events ( ECO-24-SUB-0089…

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…

Accessible version If you require an accessible version please contact [email protected] and cite "Proactive Release: Briefing to the Incoming Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into the…