Resilience, Policy & Governance
Te Manawaroa, Ngā Kaupapahere me te Mana Urungi
Programme Leader(s)
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Massey University
Vision
Aotearoa New Zealand adapts and thrives in the face of multiple natural hazard risks.
Programme description
Aotearoa New Zealand faces increasingly complex risks from natural hazard events. This complexity is not only about the hazards themselves, but also the instititutional, professional, economic and political risks associated with their management.
Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters requires new tools and knowledge to learn from past experience and plan for the future, and to support the diverse communities of Aotearoa New Zealand in adapting and thriving in the face of shocks and disruption.
The Resilience, Policy & Governance programme brought together leading researchers, stakeholders partners in central and local government, universities, iwi and hapū and community groups. We aim to advance the social scientific understanding of resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand, identify solutions, and deliver outcomes for resilience.
Our research is organised around three interrelated projects, to deliver new tools to analyse the impacts of past events and help decision-makers plan for the future. Our case studies focus on complex problems such as managed retreat that defy easy or all-encompassing solutions, and vulnerable people and places where risk exposure or consequences are high and there is limited local coping capacity.
Our goal is for decision-makers to have the information to:
- reduce loss and damages
- plan for resilient futures under conditions of uncertainty
- coordinate effective communications strategies across all potential hazards
- provide targeted support to enhance livelihoods and wellbeing.
Wawata
Ka urutau, ka puāwai a Aotearoa ahakoa ngā tūraru mōrearea maha o te ao tūroa.
Whakaahuatanga papatono
Kei te piki haere ngā tūraru matatini o Aotearoa i ngā mōrearea o te ao tūroa. Ehara mō ngā mōreareatanga anake tēnei matatinitanga engari ko ngā tūraru ā-whakahaere, -ā-ngaio, -ā-ōhanga, ā-torangapū hoki e pā ana ki te whakahaere mōrearea.
Mā te whai i ngā taputapu me ngā mātauranga hou ki te whakarite, ki te urupare me te whakaora mai i ngā aituā e whai mōhiotanga i ngā wheako o mua me te whakamahere mō te anamata, me te tautoko i ngā hapori kanorau o Aotearoa ki te urutau me te puāwai ahakoa ngā ohoreretanga me ngā pōrarurarutanga.
Ka whakakotahitia te kaupapa Te Manawaroa, Ngā Kaupapahere me te Mana Urungi i ngā kairangahau matua, te hunga whaipānga, ngā hoa mahi o te kāwanatanga ā-motu, ā-rohe hoki, ngā whare wānanga, ngā iwi, hapū, me ngā rōpū hapori. Kei te whai mātou ki te kōkiri i ngā māramatanga tikanga ā-iwi o te manawaroa i roto i a Aotearoa, te tautohu i ngā rongoā, me te whakahaere i ngā putanga mō te manawaroa.
E whakahaerehia ana ā mātou rangahau i runga i ngā kaupapa hono e toru, ā, ka whakaputa i ētahi rauemi hou hei tātari i ngā pāpātanga o ngā takunetanga o mua me te āwhina i ngā kaiwhakatau ki te whakamahere mō te anamata.
Kei te aro ā mātou rangahau take ki ngā raruraru matatini pērā i te whakahaere whakatahi, e whakatōrea ana i ngā rongoā māmā, whānui rānei, ā, ki ngā tāngata whakaraerae me ngā wāhi nui te pānga ki te tūraru, nui ngā pāpātanga rānei, ka mutu he iti noa te āheinga ā-rohe ki te whakahaere tūraru.
Ko tō mātou whāinga kia whai mōhiohio ngā kaiwhakatau ki te:
- whakaheke i te ngaronga me te tūkinotanga
- whakamahere mō ngā anamata manawaroa ahakoa ngā pōnānātanga
- whakarite rautaki whakawhiti kōrero pai mō ngā mōrearea katoa.
- tuku tautoko aro pū ki te whakapiki i te oranga.
Questions we’re answering
1
How can mitigation decisions about natural hazard risk be made based on the latest resilience science?
Phase 22
What new tools, processes and guidance are needed to learn from past natural hazard events and prepare for a range of possible future events in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Phase 23
How can a deep understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand’s diverse communities and contexts promote resilience across disaster life cycles?
Phase 2Research Team
Nick Cradock-Henry
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Julia Becker
Massey University
Sarah Beaven
University of Canterbury
Iain White
University of Waikato
Ilan Noy
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Emma Hudson-Doyle
Massey University
Paula Blackett
NIWA
Joanna Fountain
Lincoln University
Christina Hanna
University of Waikato
Raven Cretney
University of Waikato
Marion Tan
Massey University
Carol Stewart
Massey University
Johanna Yletyinen
University of Canterbury
Mui Nguyen
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Gradon Diprose
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Lesley Gray
University of Otago
Susanna Blakely
Lincoln University
PhD Student
Nika Kent
Lincoln University
PhD Student
Cristhian Prieto
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
PhD Student
Sarah Willette
University of Canterbury
PhD Student
Emily Campbell
Massey University
Thi Mui Nguyen
Victoria University of Wellington
PhD Student
Denise Blake
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Resilience, Policy & Governance
Latest Resource Outputs
Policy Briefing
Insurance and disaster recovery
This brief focusses on insurance issues in Aotearoa New Zealand related to disaster recovery.
Policy Briefing
Psychosocial factors in disaster recovery
This brief focusses on psychosocial issues that may arise immediately post-disaster and how to best address the impact and reduce ongoing distress.
Article
Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations
M.D.L. Millen, L.B. Storie 2024 Exploring the benefits of rocking shallow foundations (pp. 1–9). 2024 NZSEE Conference, Wellington.
Article
Evaluation of residential building damage for the July 2021 flood in Westport, New Zealand
R. Paulik, A. Wild, C. Zorn, L. Wotherspoon, S. Williams 2024 Evaluation of residential building damage for the July 2021 flood in Westport, New Zealand…
Article
A framework for modelling the probability of flooding under levee breaching
W.Wallace, K. Crawford-Flett, M. Wilson, T. Logan. 2024. A framework for modelling the probability of flooding under levee breaching. Journal of Flood Risk Management. DOI:…
Report
Natural hazard planning by New Zealand’s local government: a review of regional policy statements and district plans
Have 2017 RMA amendments aligned Regional Policy Statements and selected District Plans in adopting a ‘risk-based planning approach’ to natural hazards.