Keep up to date with news in and out of an emergency.
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is ready to step up if COVID-19 again reaches our region.
12 August 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is coordinating a network of agencies and organisations to make sure non-New Zealand residents ...
19 June 2020
As the region moves towards recovery, Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is scaling back its response to COVID-19 – but there is...
18 June 2020
“Without your help, I would have been in a bad situation as a single mum – I most likely wouldn't have got through the lockdown.” This was ju...
10 June 2020
It took just three days for the Tihei Mauri Ora Emergency Response Centre to go from concept to reality. The centre, which was kick-started to prov...
8 June 2020
Students at Onekawa School have collected an “astonishing” number of food items from the local community to help families in need following the CO...
29 May 2020
Central Hawke's Bay District Council Social Development Lead Christine Renata has been leading the COVID-19 Civil Defence welfare response for Central...
28 May 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Welfare Manager Alison Prins has led the regional COVID-19 welfare response and was instrumenta...
27 May 2020
Helping clients through the national COVID-19 lockdown was always going to be a challenge for people working in the disability services sector. Bu...
20 May 2020
Kirstin Thompson has plenty of experience working with older people and people with disability – she’s a project manager for Enliven, a division o...
19 May 2020
Hawke's Bay Regional Council Finance Team Leader Barbara Mear normally spends her days managing the council budgets and financial reporting, but for f...
13 May 2020
It’s been around six weeks since New Zealand entered a lockdown that placed the most significant restrictions on our movements in modern history, to...
11 May 2020
Napier City Council Community Advisor Jessica Wilson has been redeployed to support the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s COV...
8 May 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has delivered more than 1000 food parcels and close to 50 winter clothing and blanket packages ...
8 May 2020
Around 45 local organisations have banded together to help older people in Hawke’s Bay get through the national COVID-19 lockdown – and it’s a r...
6 May 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is reminding people help is still available to those struggling to get food, groceries, medicat...
28 April 2020
Nā tou rourou nā tōku rourou ka ora ai te iwi: with your food basket and my food basket, the people shall live on! This traditional whakataukī...
23 April 2020
Homeless Action teams completed almost six months of work in a week, as part of their response to the COVID-19 lockdown
18 April 2020
Hawke's Bay stands strong with the rest of New Zealand, in lockdown under Alert Level 4 for COVID-19.
17 April 2020
An initiative beginning this week will allow older people, required to stay at home but without internet banking, to pay for their groceries, taking s...
15 April 2020
From Wairoa to Central Hawke’s Bay, community agencies and organisations across the region are supporting those most in need as the national COVID-1...
13 April 2020
We asked our local council leaders what their top tips for this Easter were.
11 April 2020
The region’s leaders are praising the resilience of Hawke’s Bay’s communities during the COVID-19 lockdown.
9 April 2020
Hawke’s Bay mayors have a strong message for anyone thinking of heading away this Easter – don't.
8 April 2020
Our five councils in Hawke’s Bay are working together to bring you all the information on the availability of the councils’ services during this d...
7 April 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group’s new regional telephone number 0800 HBAYCD (0800 422 923) is now live for people to call if ...
31 March 2020
As we enter our second week of national lockdown, we’d like to thank you, Hawke’s Bay. Make no mistake – we know it’s not easy.
31 March 2020
Feeling uncertain and not knowing exactly what to do is completely normal during lockdown, says Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence and Emergency Management G...
28 March 2020
The Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group now has extraordinary powers to coordinate the delivery of a swift and effective response a...
26 March 2020
Hawke’s Bay leaders have responded supportively to today’s national state of emergency declaration by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
25 March 2020
Tihei mauri ora. You’ll no doubt be aware the New Zealand Government has taken unprecedented steps to protect our country from the COVID-19 pandemic...
21 March 2020
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is ready to support the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board in case COVID-19 reaches our region...
18 March 2020
The Hawke’s Bay Rural Advisory Group is keeping a watchful eye on the region’s current dry conditions and reminding farming communities what to do...
6 March 2020
Hawke’s Bay residents are being urged to use the ninth anniversary of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami to practise their evacuation routes, so ...
3 March 2020
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has closed State Highway 50 just north of Tikokino as they fight a 20-hectare fire burning in the area.
5 February 2020
Fire and Emergency New Zealand continues to work on containing a fire just north of Tikokino.
5 February 2020
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is continuing to fight the fire at Tikokino in Hawke's Bay, with 30 firefighters on the ground plus five helicopter cre...
5 February 2020
The annual afternoon tea for survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake will be held on Sunday, 2 February, marking the 89th anniversary of one of...
2 February 2020
Survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake today shared their experiences and stories over a cup of tea and scones at a commemoration hosted at Na...
2 February 2020
Fire and Emergency New Zealand continues to work on containing a fire Tangoio Settlement Road. Crews have been working on the fire since about midd...
7 January 2020
Fire and Emergency is making good progress on the Tangoio fire, with a decision on reducing the number of helicopters likely to made this afternoon. ...
7 January 2020
Fire crews will take a well-earned rest from the Tangoio fire site from about 6pm, with a fresh crew monitoring the situation overnight.
7 January 2020
This Sunday, 24 November, more than half of New Zealand’s cell phones are expected to let off a loud, penetrating noise, marking the third annual na...
20 November 2019
Volunteers from across Hawke’s Bay will be testing how they’d respond to a large-scale earthquake this weekend as part of Hawke’s Bay Civil Defe...
22 October 2019
How would Hawke’s Bay fare in an emergency? Organisations across the region are getting ready to take part in Exercise Rūaumoko, which will tes...
17 October 2019
With a week to go until New Zealand’s national ShakeOut earthquake drill, everyone in Hawke’s Bay is being urged to sign up now.
10 October 2019
After about a year in construction, the region’s new purpose-built Emergency Co-ordination Centre located beside the Hastings District Council civic...
6 September 2019
It’s now even easier to find out more about the natural hazards where you live and work, with the latest version of the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence ...
2 July 2019
“You either get up that hill or you don’t, and that’s up to you.” Napier resident Pip Mackay was one of a trio of flatmates who took on the...
7 June 2019
Get to know your neighbours for this year’s Neighbours Day Aotearoa and make yourself more resilient to emergencies. Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence ...
21 March 2019
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Civil Defence volunteer? See the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group volunteers in acti...
13 March 2019
Hawke’s Bay’s resilience and planning for natural hazards was given a boost today thanks to $420,000 in Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Mana...
28 February 2019
“We can’t predict when disaster will strike, but we can be prepared.” That’s the message from Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Manage...
5 February 2019
Survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake today shared memories over a cup of tea and scones at a community event hosted at Napier Boys’ High S...
3 February 2019
With thousands of students marching back to school in the next few weeks, Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is reminding parents ...
22 January 2019
The annual afternoon tea for survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake will be held on Sunday, 3 February, marking the 88th anniversary of one of...
21 January 2019
Almost twice as many people received the test Civil Defence emergency alert to their mobile phone at its last test – meaning more New Zealanders tha...
7 January 2019
The Emergency Mobile Alert system is undergoing a nationwide live test on Sunday between 6pm and 7pm.
23 November 2018
Our thoughts are with all New Zealanders following the 6.2 magnitude earthquake today. Our first priority is your safety and the safety of your family...
30 October 2018
With a week to go until New Zealand’s national ShakeOut earthquake drill, every business and family in Hawke’s Bay is being urged to sign up now.
10 October 2018
Welcome to the re-launch of our website. We have been making a few changes to our small part of the interweb.
12 September 2018
For the second year in a row we partnered with EIT and presented to Civil Defence representatives from South East Asia.
11 September 2018
Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management (HBCDEM) is keeping an eye on Wairoa as it manages the fallout from this week’s watery deluge.
10 September 2018
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