If you want to prepare for disasters, have experienced a disaster or are recovering from a disaster, Red Cross has a host of useful emergency management resources that can help.
Disaster Risk Management Strategy 2018-2023
New Zealand Red Cross’ Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Strategy guides New Zealand Red Cross’ members and staff in our work in Aotearoa before, during and after disasters, and other shocks and stresses.
It outlines our ways of working and the outcomes we seek to achieve in DRM, and how we support our people to work in an impactful and sustainable way to improve the lives of vulnerable people and enhance community resilience.
Kia Pakari is for educators to empower young people to build resilience in school communities across Aotearoa. In the Kia Pakari programme students explore resilience in their lives, school and communities. Student teams initiate their own inquiries into the factors that make their community vulnerable to emergency events, and design and implement programmes of social action to help local whānau and schools become better prepared to manage adversity.
Kiri is a first aid resource aimed at children aged three to six years. It introduces first aid, builds children’s understanding about danger, and helps develop confidence and skills to act in an emergency. Available in English and Te Reo.
Bounce provides a platform for young people across Aotearoa to share their wellbeing tips, positive messages, blog posts, videos, music, photos and stories, around a central theme of “live life well.”
Bounce is a youth-led peer education project run by young people for young people. Our youth ambassadors share our wellbeing tips and advice with their peers to empower them and encourage emotional wellbeing and resilience. They do this by developing innovative website content and social media posts and raising awareness at various events.
Preparedness in diverse communities: Citizen translation for community engagement
Using a community engagement approach, a practitioner in Wellington, New Zealand implemented a citizen translation project to have 45 volunteers from 15 communities facilitate translations for a new local Earthquake Preparedness Guide, in partnership with local Civil Defence and an international crisis translation team, INTERACT.
During a disaster, New Zealand Red Cross is tasked by our emergency management partners with specific roles to respond in coordination with partner agencies, communities and other local organisations.
Learn how the Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent for Humanitarian Assistance govern the work we do in NZ and globally - before, during and after humanitarian crises.
After a disaster, New Zealand Red Cross works to strengthen self-efficacy, enabling communities to lead their own recovery. Our approach acknowledges that recovery from a disaster can be a long, challenging and complex process.
Recovery Matters community workshops
Recovery is about more than repairing homes. Our workshops support people in the community along the recovery journey.
Find out more about the workshop for community members and groups, and how you can book, go here.
Supporting people during recovery from disasters and emergencies can be challenging. Our workshops empower employers so they can support their staff and clients.
Find out more about the workplace workshop, and how you can book, here.
10 Good Stories
Watch the video below showing how we helped one in five Cantabrians through the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Programme.
New Zealand Red Cross acknowledges that climate change is a major risk facing humanity. We affirm that climate change presents the single greatest threat to the livelihood, security and wellbeing of Pacific people.
Download our statement of intent regarding climate change below.
Evaluation of the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal and Recovery Programme
An independent evaluation of the New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Recovery Programme for greater Christchurch was undertaken in 2017 by Research First Ltd. Download one of the series of publications summarising the findings, or the full technical report.
Cash Based Assistance: A handbook to support the governance, design and delivery of cash based assistance in disaster response and recovery
New Zealand Red Cross has previously delivered comprehensive Recovery programmes which have included cash and voucher based assistance for the most affected individuals and households. To help capture the institutional knowledge and prepare for future events this cash based assistance handbook has been developed.
Leading in Disaster Recovery: Companion through the Chaos
A handbook for people who find themselves in leadership roles during a disaster. The authors interviewed more than 100 leaders working in response and recovery worldwide and captured their hard-won wisdom, practical strategies and tools in an easy-to-read format.
