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News: tagged with "emergencies"

• Canterbury moving to a restricted fire season

  Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, emergencies
  The whole of Canterbury will move into a Restricted Fire Season on Thursday 26th January 2023 due to the increasing risk of wildfire

• Smart fire sensors for McHughs Forest Park

  Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, prevention, emergencies, technology
  Selwyn District Council media release: 15th February 2023 New sensor technology designed to detect fires in real-time will soon be available in McHughs Forest Park near Darfield, as the Council begins piloting the technology on its reserves

• Report an environmental incident on Snap, Send, Solve

  Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, emergencies, technology
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th January 2023 Have you spotted a pit of rubbish on fire? Seen a sizeable sheen of oil in a stream? Noticed chemicals spilt on the roadside? Report it so we can sort it! If an environmental incident seems time crit

• Completed stormwater and flooding improvements futureproof West Kaiapoi

  Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention, water
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 26th October 2022 Work has now finished on a new pumping station on Otaki Street, signalling the completion of a major portion of the Stormwater and Flooding Improvements 'Shovel Ready' project in Kaiapoi

• Bottle Lake Forest Park protected by hi-tech fire detection network

  Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention, technology, recreation, parks
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th September 2022 Cutting-edge technology is reducing the risk of a fire in one of Christchurch’s most popular recreational spots – Waitākiri Bottle Lake Forest Park

• What a winter in the Waimakariri!

  Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, emergencies, preparation
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 7th September 2022 We’re now in Spring and with the beginning of the new season we want to take time to reflect on what has been a very eventful winter of record setting weather

• People warned to stay away from beaches, rivers and floodwaters

  Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: public health, safety, emergencies
  Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand media release: 27th July 2022 Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health is warning people to avoid contact with beaches, rivers and floodwaters for two days

• Construction to start on next stage of Kaiapoi "Shovel Ready" project

  Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: roadworks, water, emergencies, prevention
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 7th March 2022 The Kaiapoi Stormwater and Flooding Improvements project continues to progress, with the first major stage of construction well underway on Otaki Street, Porters Place, Chapman Place and Ashley Pl

• Flood protection planning for Springfield

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention, community engagement
  Selwyn District Council media release: 1st March 2022 A door-to-door assessment of every house in Springfield will help the Council to plan future flood protection for Springfield

• Mayor Lianne Dalziel urges Christchurch to show its support for Tonga

  Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, disasters, emergencies
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 17th January 2022 Mayor Lianne Dalziel is encouraging people to pay back the kindness Tonga showed Christchurch after the earthquakes by donating funds to help the country recover from the weekend’s tsunami

• Enhanced Task Force Green approved for Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, funding, support, services
  Beehive media release: 8th June 2021 The Government has activated Enhanced Taskforce Green (ETFG) in response to the Canterbury floods

• Banks Peninsula tsunami evacuation zones re-drawn

  Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, emergencies, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th November 2020 Tsunami evacuation zones in Banks Peninsula have been updated based on new scientific research

• Mosque Attack Widows Share their Stories

  Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: wellbeing, resilience, disasters, emergencies, podcast
  Dozens of women hovered in the female section of Christchurch’s Al-Noor Mosque on 15th March 2019 - their time of worship became a time of terror which shocked the nation to its core

• UC launches South Island translation Master’s degree

  Posted: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in: Training With tags: qualification, language, Training, emergencies
  University of Canterbury media release: 27th November 2019 Practical training and applied language learning opportunities, with specialisation on crisis translation and interpreting, are being offered to graduates from 2020 through UC’s new Master of App

• Multilingual emergency information for Christchurch communities

  Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, information, migrants, refugees
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th September 2019 Multilingual emergency messages will be broadcast on Christchurch community access and iwi radio stations to help more people prepare for – and respond to – an emergency

• National Geohazards Monitoring Centre goes live

  Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: emergencies, services, disasters
  Beehive press release: 12th December 2018 New Zealand now has around the clock experts on the lookout to help keep the public safe from geological hazards, with today’s opening of a world-first monitoring centre

• Animal welfare still an issue after quakes

  Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake, earthquake recovery, emergencies
  University of Canterbury media release: 18 February 2015 The repercussions of the earthquakes that struck Canterbury four years ago could still be having a detrimental effect on the city’s animals, according to University of Canterbury’s Associate Profes

• Report on how organisations coped with the earthquakes

  Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, research, business, emergencies
  University of Canterbury media release: 22 December 2014 A major University of Canterbury report has found a high level of innovation and adaptability shown by hundreds of organisations in Canterbury following the earthquakes

• Animal welfare lessons from ChCh quakes revealed

  Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake, emergencies
  Unviersity of Canterbury media release: 1st December 2014 A new book that explores the impact of the Christchurch earthquakes on animals, and the lessons we can learn in animal welfare from the natural disaster, has been published by Canterbury Universit

• Academic looks at role of post earthquake social services

  Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, services, support, emergencies
  University of Canterbury media release: Friday 7th November 2014 A just released book by University of Canterbury’s Associate Professor Kate van Heugten examines the experiences of workers and managers from a broad array of human service organisations in

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