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New Zealand: Building on rubber to increase earthquake resilience

11 Jun 2019, Forbes Media LLC

The so-called 'lead-rubber bearing' base isolation system can make buildings more flexible and therefore resilient to earthquakes.

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Sendai Framework

Sendai Focal Point:
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM)

Website: http://www.civildefence.govt.nz

Contact:Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management

Phone:+64 481 785 91 +64 274 441 843

National Platform

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Hyogo Framework for Action

HFA Focal Point:
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM)

Website: http://www.civildefence.govt.nz

Contact:Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management

Phone:+64 481 785 91 +64 274 441 843

Policy, Plans & Statements

National Policy & Plans
- New Zealand: Sendai Framework data readiness review report2017, New Zealand - gov
- New Zealand: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2013-2015) 2015, CDEM, New Zealand - gov
Official Statements & Presentations
- New Zealand: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2017)2017, New Zealand - gov
- New Zealand: Statement made at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)2015, New Zealand - gov

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Meetings & Conferences in New Zealand

Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) Asia Pacific 201805-07 Nov 2018, New Zealand (Wellington)
Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO) Conference06-09 Aug 2018, United States of America (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Disaster Risk Reduction & Early Warning and Response Systems in the Pacific and Timor Leste: How to make a lasting difference on the ground16 May 2018, Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

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Training in New Zealand

Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
Sustainable water management for food security13-15 Dec 2011, Indonesia (Bogor)
Disaster recovery seminar ATC-45 Safety evaluation of buildings after windstorms and floods and ATC-20 Safety evaluation of buildings after earthquakes08 Nov 2011, United States of America (Irondale, AL)

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Academic Programmes in New Zealand

Master's of Disaster Risk and ResilienceCanterbury Univ, New Zealand (Canterbury)
Master of Applied Science (Disaster Risk and Resilience)Lincoln University, New Zealand (Lincoln)
Master of Disaster Risk and ResilienceLincoln University, New Zealand (Lincoln)

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Educational Materials on New Zealand

2012 Assessing school safety from disasters a global baseline report2013, UNDRR
Disaster risk reduction in school curricula: case studies from thirty countries2012, SF; UNICEF; UNESCO

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DRR Organizations in New Zealand

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Documents & Publications on New Zealand

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Maps of New Zealand

Global Risk Data Platform (dynamic mapping tool)
New Zealand: composite hazard mapJul 2007, OCHA ROAP

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Multimedia Products on New Zealand

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DRR Jobs in Oceania

PhD scholarship: Flood disaster risk reduction through effective community engagementAustralia (Newcastle), Univ of Newcastle, the

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National Platforms

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