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We work to increase regional resilience to natural hazards. We are response, ready and capable at all times.

The Regional Resilience Team is made up of experts in natural hazard, risk and emergency management and engineers specialising in flood modelling, flood protection and land drainage, who work towards the following key objectives:

  1. To identify, analyse, collate and provide natural hazard information to ensure that natural hazard risk is reduced over time and sound decisions are made regarding current and future development of hazard prone areas.
  2. To ensure that arrangements, standards and processes for emergency response are in place and that emergency management staff have the capability and resources to respond to an emergency event to achieve the best outcome for the community.
  3. To provide robust technical advice and guidance to support effective river management, flood protection and land drainage.

Current hazard event information

Waikato Civil Defence website

Flood Room - flood and weather events

River and rainfall levels

Emergency management

Civil Defence Emergency Management

The Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (CDEM) works with Waikato communities and oversees the delivery of emergency management services to our region. You can stay up to date in an emergency or find out more information by visiting the Civil Defence website.

 

Oil spills

Waikato Regional Council works with other agencies to manage, prevent and plan for oil spills, so we can minimise the impact these incidents may have on our environment.

Natural hazards information

Waikato Regional Hazards Portal

Your one-stop shop for spatial information about our region's hazards.

Natural hazards in the Waikato region

Find out about natural hazards and what we're doing about them.

Managing and adapting to natural hazard risk

Collaborative policies and planning

To achieve regional and national consistency, and to share resources, we collaborate with many stakeholders who are invested in natural hazard management.

Current projects

Learn a little about some of the regional hazards and emergency management projects we're working on.

Managing and adapting to natural hazard risk

Learn about how we're working to strengthen community resilience across our region, so we can adapt to a changing climate and bounce back from natural disasters.