19 April 2021

This is a special issue of eBulletin to share information about the upcoming National Emergency Management Conference | Hui Taumata o Te Uepū Whakahaere Haumaru. 

Conference News

National Emergency Management Conference - Registrations Open Now!

We’re delighted to announce that registrations are now open for the National Emergency Management Conference 2021 | Hui Taumata o Te Uepū Whakahaere Haumaru which is being held at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington from 25 – 27 May. We do hope you’re able to join us!

All conference sessions align with this year’s theme of 'Building Safe and Resilient Communities: The Future of the Emergency Management System'.

The first day of the conference, a hui ā-motu, provides a platform for Māori and indigenous perspectives on emergency management. The programme will bring together Māori experts and leaders, practitioners and volunteers, and those interested in supporting improved emergency management outcomes for Māori.

Days two and three, will build on the first day through plenary and breakout sessions, in which we will explore how we work together – through partnerships, co-creation, and collective effort, across a broad range of organisations, sectors, and communities – to support improved emergency management outcomes for individuals and communities.

So, during the conference participants will consider how we:

• Value communities and their lived experiences to ensure an emergency management system that is responsive, inclusive and effective,
• Remove structural barriers to achieve equitable outcomes, and
• Value mātauranga Māori and indigenous perspectives in emergency management

The conference programme is firming up well – here’s an overview of just some of the highlights:

Day 1: Tuesday 25 May – Hui ā-motu

• Recognising the role of Māori as Treaty partners in the emergency management system
• Reflecting Māori contributions at all levels of the emergency management system
• Valuing the role Māori roopu play in a responsive emergency management system
• Making a responsive, inclusive and effective emergency management system with Māori leaders making decisions on behalf of Māori

Day 2: Wednesday 26 May – Plenary sessions

• Report back from hui ā-motu
• Leading in a crisis
• Role of science in emergency management
• 20 year celebration of Geonet
• Role of communications in emergency management
• Pacific communities and emergencies
• Emergency Service Capability

Day 3: Thursday 27 May – Plenary and break-out sessions

• COVID-19 experience
• Future of emergency management
• Personal resilience
• Community resilience
• Command, Control, Coordination
• A range of other break-out sessions

Emergency Management Awards

Here’s a timely reminder to also get your Emergency Management Awards nominations in and to sign up to attend the Awards Dinner on Wednesday 26 May. This is a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate those who have made outstanding contributions to emergency management over the two years since the last conference.

Register for the conference and Awards Dinner here. Be sure to visit our conference web page regularly to keep up to date with arrangements as they develop.