Natural Hazards
National Policy Statement on Flood Risk
On 16 February 2011 Local Government New Zealand held a seminar on natural hazards risk management.
Background
- The Local Government Case for a National Policy Statement for Flood Risk (2011) (pdf)
- Letter to Hon Dr Nick Smith re: an NPS on Flood Risk - the local government case (29 October 2010) (pdf)
- Legal opinion from Simpson Grierson - liability risks for councils re coastal hazard information (pdf, 4MB)
Workshop papers
- Workshop programme (pdf, 210KB)
- Presentation from Simon Berry, Simon Berry Environmental Law (pdf, 128KB)
- Presentation from Hugh Cowan, Earthquake Commission (pdf, 9MB)
- Presentation from Bruce Glavovic, Massey University (pdf, 9MB)
- Presentation from Chris Cameron, Wellington City Council (pdf, 2MB)
- Presentation from Judith Cheyne, Simpson Grierson (pdf, 537KB)
- Presentation from Peter Mawson, Treasury (pdf, 228KB)
Each part of the day (presentations up to morning tea, up to lunch etc) was followed by participants discussing and sharing with the wider forum what conclusions they had reached after listening to the presentations. These have been written up as follows for your information.
- Participants' summary of sessions (pdf, 820KB)
Wrap up comments for the day were recorded and written up for your information.
- Participants' conclusions for the day (pdf, 437KB)
Flood Management Sub-committee 2006
At its meeting on 18 August 2006 the regional sector (then Regional Affairs Committee) resolved to appoint a Flood Management Sub-committee to work on flooding related matters. Below are links to documents related to the Sub-committee's work.
- National Policy Statement Flood and Stormeater Risk Management May 2007(173 KB PDF)
- Flood Risk Management Position Statement from Local Government Feb 2007 (75 KB PDF)
- Regional Affairs Committee Sub-Committee Meeting Agenda and Papers (171 KB PDF)
- Flood Risk Management Update Sept 2006 (52 KB PDF)
- Flood Risk Management Update Feb 2007 (122 KB PDF)
- Flood Risk Management Update April 2007 (82.1 KB PDF)
- Flood Risk Management Update Sept 2007(240 KB PDF)
Also relevent to this work is the Managing Flood Risk Draft New Zealand Protocol which can be found at the following website:
Last updated: March 2011
