Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Meeting
6 September 2022
Civil Defence
Emergency Management Group Meeting Minutes
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Tuesday 6 September 2022, commencing at 11.00am
Tuhinga/Present:
Chair, Northland Regional Council Councillor, Rick
Stolwerk
Kaipara District Council Mayor, Jason Smith
KDC Councillor, Anna Curnow
Far North District Council Councillor, Dave Collard
Whangarei District Council Councillor, Nicholas Connop
Fire & Emergency NZ Representative District Manager, Wipari
Henwood
National Emergency Management Agency Representative, Chloe
Marshall (Observer Status)
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Tae Mai/In Attendance:
Full Meeting
NRC GM Community Resilience, Victoria Harwood
Northland CDEM, Graeme MacDonald
NCDEM, Bill Hutchinson
NCDEM, Evania Arani
NCDEM, Laura Exton
NCDEM, Mark Trüdinger
NCDEM, Rachel Hill
NCDEM, Sarah Boniface
NCDEM, Zach Woods
NEMA, Gary Knowles
NEMA, Anthony Richards
Royal NZ Navy, Peter Johnson
RNZN, Kyle Butcher
RNZN, Richard Mathers
Te Whatu Ora, Jane Rollin
Te Whatu Ora, Liz Philips
NRC Secretariat, Nicky Hansen
Part Meeting
NRC Chair Penny Smart 11.10am
NZ Police Representative Relieving District Commander
Acting Superintendent Justin Rogers 11.25am
The Chair declared the meeting open at 11.00am.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā
whakapahā/Apologies (Item
2.0)
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Moved (Collard / Connop)
That the apologies from NZ
Police Representative Superintendent Tony Hill, WDC Mayor Sheryl Mai, NRC CEO
Malcolm Nicolson, WDC Simon Weston, Iwi Representative Snow Tane for
non-attendance be received.
Carried
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Nga
whakapuakanga/Declarations of Conflicts of Interest (Item 3.0)
It was advised that members should make declarations
item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
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Confirmation of Minutes - 14 June 2022 (Item 4.1)
Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience
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Moved (Collard / Stolwerk)
That the minutes of the Civil
Defence Emergency Management Group meeting held on Tuesday 14 June 2022, be
confirmed as a true and correct record.
Carried
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Receipt of Action Sheet (Item 5.1)
Report from Nicky Hansen, PA to GM Community Resilience
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Smith)
That the action sheet be
received.
Carried
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National Emergency Management Agency
September Update (Item 6.1)
Report from Graeme MacDonald, Emergency Manager
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Connop)
That the report ‘National
Emergency Management Agency September Update’ by Graeme MacDonald,
Emergency Manager and dated 16 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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Northland CDEM Group, CEG and Group
Appointments (Item 7.1)
Report from Graeme MacDonald, Emergency Manager
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Moved (Smith /
Collard)
1. That
the report ‘Northland CDEM Group, CEG and Group Appointments’ by Graeme
MacDonald, Emergency Manager and dated 30 August 2022, be received.
2. That
the CDEM Group appoint two new CDEM Group Controllers, Calvin Thomas WDC/NTA
General Manager and Blair King FNDC Chief Executive.
Carried
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Secretarial note: Alistair Dunlop is to be added to Local
Controllers for the Kaipara District, as per appointment 14 June 2022.
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CEG Chair's Report (Item 7.2)
Report from Victoria Harwood, Pou Tiaki Hapori - GM
Community Resilience
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Moved (Smith /
Collard)
That the report ‘CEG Chair's Report’
by Victoria Harwood,
Pou Tiaki Hapori - GM Community Resilience and dated 30 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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Action: Mayor Smith asked to discuss with NIWA about
increasing mm levels on observed rainfall maps (refer map page 18).
Secretarial note: Cr Collard acknowledged Rivers Team and
Awanui Rivers Flood Scheme, the evidence of their progress when flooding occurs
is noticeable.
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Service Level
Agreement work programs (Item 7.3)
Report from Graeme MacDonald, Emergency Manager
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Connop)
That the report ‘Service
Level Agreement work programs ’ by Graeme MacDonald, Emergency Manager and
dated 30 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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Northland Tsunami
Readiness (Item 7.4)
Report from Claire Nyberg, Emergency Management
Specialist - Tsunami Projects
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Moved (Collard
/ Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Northland
Tsunami Readiness’ by Claire Nyberg, Emergency Management Specialist -
Tsunami Projects and dated 30 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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24/25 July 2022 Severe Weather Warning
De-brief (Item 8.1)
Report from Claire Nyberg, Emergency Management
Specialist - Tsunami Projects
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Moved (Stolwerk
/ Connop)
That the report ‘24/25
July 2022 Severe Weather Warning De-brief’ by Claire Nyberg, Emergency
Management Specialist - Tsunami Projects and dated 30 August 2022, be
received.
Carried
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Update on Civil
Defence Community Response Plans in Northland
(Item 8.2)
Report from Evania Arani, Emergency Management
Specialist; Tegan Capp, Emergency Management Specialist; Sarah Boniface,
Emergency Management Specialist; Bill Hutchinson, Emergency Management
Specialist and Laura Exton, Emergency Management Specialist – Kaipara
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Moved (Connop
/ Collard)
That the report ‘Update on
Civil Defence Community Response Plans in Northland’ by Evania Arani,
Emergency Management Specialist; Tegan Capp, Emergency Management Specialist;
Sarah Boniface, Emergency Management Specialist; Bill Hutchinson, Emergency
Management Specialist and Laura Exton, Emergency Management Specialist
– Kaipara and dated 30 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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Action: Sarah Boniface is to present updates at the next
meeting, after maps go live in October 2022.
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Northland Lifelines
Group Climate Change Risk Assessment Report and Presentation (Item 8.3)
Report from Laura Exton, Emergency Management
Specialist – Kaipara
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Moved (Smith /
Stolwerk)
That the report ‘Northland
Lifelines Group Climate Change Risk Assessment Report’ by Laura Exton,
Emergency Management Specialist - Kaipara and Presentation ‘Northland
Lifelines Group Infrastructure Climate Change Risk Assessment’ by Lisa
Roberts, Infradecision and dated 22 August 2022, be received.
Carried
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Action: Laura Exton is to record any questions and report
back.
Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12.27pm.