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7 June 2012 Humanitarian and Disaster Management Team, NZ Aid Programme Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific natural disasters & New Zealand’s.

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1 7 June 2012 Humanitarian and Disaster Management Team, NZ Aid Programme Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific natural disasters & New Zealand’s response

2 Tropical Cyclones (1977-2006) Pacific Cyclones Categories 1 to 5: 1977 - 2006

3 1 BACKGROUND New Zealand in the Pacific Region

4 Pacific disaster response In any response, NZ supports the response mechanisms of national governments (which have the primary responsibility for the well-being of their citizens), local partners and other international actors that are operational on the ground.

5 2. Coordination: In New Zealand BACKGROUND New Zealand in the Pacific Region

6 The New Zealand Aid Programme in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has lead responsibility for the coordination and management of the New Zealand Government’s response to natural disasters. Aims to support local response efforts. Responding to disasters

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8 Emergency Task Force (ETF) Role is to collectively consider possible responses to a disaster; to plan and manage the ongoing response MFAT (Aid, Consular, Pacific) France and Australia through FRANZ Agreement New Zealand Defence Force Ministry Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) Ministry of Health (MOH) Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs (MPIA) Police NZ Fire Service (USAR support) NGO Disaster Relief Forum (NDRF) Red Cross

9 2. Coordination: In the Pacific BACKGROUND New Zealand in the Pacific Region

10 France, Australia and New Zealand. Signed 1992 In Pacific, significant role of defence forces Commits partners to share information and assets in the event of a natural disaster: Recent examples: Solomon Islands tsunami 2007; Pacific tsunami 2009; Vanuatu volcano 2009; Tuvalu water shortage 2011 FRANZ

11 New Zealand is part of the PHT Recent agreements to work more collaboratively in DRM also include: -Wellington Declaration 2010 (water shortage Tokelau) PHT / OTHER

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