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Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones and Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker today announced that the government has approved a $500,000 contribution to a joint fund (with the Northland Re

Good progress has been made towards the National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) getting a new emergency management information system (EMIS) Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker said today.

Disaster Awareness Week 2008 begins tomorrow on 5 October. Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker today reminded New Zealanders to get prepared for the impacts of a disaster or emergency.

New Zealand has been asked to contribute a staff member to a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination (UNDAC) team responding to extensive flooding in Nepal.

Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker today released the final report on Exercise Ruaumoko, New Zealand’s biggest ever civil defence emergency management exercise.

Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker officially launched the Kia Takatū resource today with a ceremony at Te Kura Māori o Porirua, a

Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker left for Jakarta last night to attend a conference aimed at strengthening Indonesian community resilience to earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions, and deli

More than 300 Maori immersion and bilingual schools began receiving New Zealand’s first Te Reo civil defence teaching resource, Kia Takatu this week.

New Zealand has taken the next step in increased tsunami preparedness with the release of a national standard for tsunami signs.

Civil Defence Minister, Rick Barker, today launched the new 24/7 Civil Defence Emergency Management Warning and Advisory system.

Civil Defence Minister, Rick Barker is currently in Canberra to attend the Australian Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management – Emergency Management (MCPEM-EM).

New Zealand’s biggest ever civil defence emergency management exercise, Exercise Ruaumoko, will enter its most intense phase this week.

Closer cooperation on civil defence matters has been a key theme in discussions between Civil Defence Minister, Rick Barker and Vietnamese Ministers and civil defence experts.

Duty Minister, Rick Barker today expressed the Government’s regret over the Sri Lankan Government’s withdrawal from the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eela

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Civil Defence Minister, Rick Barker is visiting Gisborne today to see first hand the extent of the damage caused by last night’s

Message from the Minister of Civil Defence, Rick Barker.

The new Waitakere emergency operations centre (EOC) will serve as a model for future facilities throughout New Zealand.

The Get Ready, Get Thru Civil Defence website has now been translated into eight languages; Maori, Arabic, traditional and simplified Chinese script, Hindi, Korean, Samoan and Tongan.

Rick Barker officially opens the Kapiti EOC