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Beca, BNZ, IAG, New Zealand Red Cross and Vodafone have formed 'Resilient New Zealand', a group which aims to identify and advocate ways to make New Zealand more resilient to disasters. 'The better that we can minimise the impact [natural disasters] have, the faster we can recover from them and that is good all round', Bryce Davies of IAG corporate affairs told The New Zealand Herald...
According to the report, when asked about positive outcomes arising from the earthquakes, 76 per cent of respondents had experienced pride in the ability to cope under difficult circumstances, 69 per cent increased resilience as a family...
'After the Rena story is over, there will no doubt be an inquiry, and plenty of talk of 'learnings' having been taken from the incident. (...) The greatest lesson of all will be that when it comes to oil spills, prevention is far better than the cure'...
The damage from yesterday's earthquake was minimal, however, Fran O'Sullivan questions why the latest national infrastructure plan does not emphasise more the need to ensure that the country's networked infrastructures and public buildings, such as schools and hospitals, can withstand the impact of a major earthquake...
Chris de Freitas, associate professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland, argues that while 'vulnerability to flood loss is generated by human action', there are great challenges in preventing flood losses in a changing climate, asserting that 'decision makers in flood and drought risk assessment operate in a framework where climate is treated a stationary process'...
Hamilton-based science writer Bryan Walker examines the present status of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in the country...
'With planning, preparation, community support, [..] it is possible to come through a major natural disaster, without major loss of life, and with the resiliency to build again, better than before' writes Jesse Dykstra, Natural Hazards Research Centre at Canterbury University...
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