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Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee
06 May 2025
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ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies 5
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest 5
3 Ngā Petihana | Petitions 5
4 Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input 5
5 Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe
Pātata | Local
Board Input 5
6 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business 5
7 Delegated
authority to make a submission on the options to strengthen emergency
management legislation 7
8 Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e
Autaia ana | Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration
of Interest
3 Ngā Petihana | Petitions
There is no
petitions section.
4 Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input
There is no
public input section.
5 Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input
There is no
local board input section.
6 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business
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Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee
06 May 2025
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Delegated
authority to make a submission on the options to strengthen emergency
management legislation
File No.: CP2025/07205
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
delegate authority to approve the Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management
Group’s submission on the government discussion document
‘Strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management
legislation’ to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Civil Defence and
Emergency Management Committee.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
government has signalled its intentions to replace the Civil Defence Emergency
Management Act 2002 with a new piece of legislation.
3. Reforming
emergency management legislation is part of the government’s response to
the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather
Events which reported back to the Minister for Emergency Management and
Recovery on 26 March 2024.
4. From
15 April to 5pm 13 May 2025 the National Emergency Management Agency is
inviting submissions on options to strengthen New Zealand’s overarching
emergency management legislation. This work is intended to inform the design of
a new Emergency Management Bill.
5. The
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery has stated that they intend to
introduce a new Emergency Management Bill in the second half of 2025.
6. The proposed objectives of the new bill are to:
· strengthen community
and iwi Māori participation in emergency management
· provide for clear
responsibilities and accountabilities at the national, regional, and local
levels
· enable a higher
minimum standard of emergency management
· minimise disruption
to essential services
· ensure agencies have
the right powers available when an emergency happens.
7. The National Emergency Management Agency has released a discussion
document Strengthening New Zealand's emergency management
legislation that outlines sixteen issues and
options for addressing them in the new legislation.
8. The Auckland Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee meets
quarterly throughout the year with the next meeting scheduled for 17 June 2025.
This meeting date is after the submission deadline of 13 May 2025.
9. Given the tight timeframe for the submission, staff recommend that
the Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee delegate authority to
approve the Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s
submission on the government discussion document to the Chair and Deputy Chair
of the Civil Defence and Emergency Management Committee.
10. The Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s
submission will be based on existing adopted Auckland Council and Civil Defence
and Emergency Management Committee positions and plans where possible.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Civil Defence and
Emergency Management Committee:
a) tautapa / delegate authority to approve the Auckland Civil Defence
Emergency Management Group’s submission on the government discussion
document ‘Strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management
legislation’ to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Civil Defence and
Emergency Management Committee.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Wayne Brown – Principal Recovery Advisor,
Auckland Emergency Management
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Authorisers
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Ian McCormick - General Manager Building Consents
Adam Maggs - General Manager Auckland Emergency
Management
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