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New Zealand
Government ministers call for support to disaster-proof schools and hospitals at Global Platform
22 May 2013, UNISDR
Representatives from 35 governments who met with business executives and senior experts at the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, have issued a call 'to develop nationally agreed standards for hazard risk assessments especially of critical infrastructure (including schools, health centers, electricity and water supply systems, nodal ITC centres, road and transport systems) by 2015'...
National Platform
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Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (CDEM) - Website:http://www.civildefence.govt.nz
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- Phone:+64 449 568 44
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- New Zealand: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2011-2013)2012, CDEM, New Zealand - gov
- New Zealand: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)2009, CDEM, New Zealand - gov
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake* | 2010 | 300,002 |  |
| Earthquake* | 1987 | 7,025 | |
| Flood | 1984 | 6,805 | |
| Flood | 2004 | 2,850 | |
| Flood | 2004 | 2,500 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- The New Zealand climate change conference 201304-05 Jun 2013, New Zealand (Palmerston North)
- Transformative change: Chosen or unchosen - Pathways to innovation, resilience and prosperity26-28 Aug 2013, New Zealand (Christchurch)
- 19th NZGS symposium: Hanging by a thread – Lifelines, infrastructure and natural disasters20-23 Nov 2013, New Zealand (Queenstown)
- Resilient Organisations PhD research programmeResOrgs, New Zealand (Christchurch)
- Postgraduate diploma in emergency managementMassey University
- Hazard and disaster management post-graduate programmeCanterbury Univ, New Zealand (Christchurch)
Disaster risk reduction in school curricula: case studies from thirty countries2012, UNICEF; UNESCO
Survival island2008, SOPAC; EU
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