Lifelines Groups
Learn about Lifelines Groups and their role.
There are Lifelines Groups in most New Zealand regions. Most have informal relationships with regional Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups. Some are defined in CDEM Group Plans.
Membership of Lifelines Groups is voluntary. They are usually funded by the organisations involved.
Lifelines Groups identify and reduce vulnerabilities at a regional level. The New Zealand Lifelines Council provides a link between Lifelines Groups and Government.
Lifeline utilities support Lifelines Groups by sharing information about:
- risk management processes, and
- readiness and response arrangements.
Lifelines Groups don’t only work on natural hazard risk. They consider all infrastructure outage risks.
Current Lifelines Groups
| Region | Lifelines Group (where the lifelines group has no website, the CDEM Group website has been used) | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Northland | Northland Lifelines Group |
Lisa Roberts |
| Auckland | Auckland Lifelines Group | David Rei Miller |
| Waikato | Waikato Lifeline Utilities Group |
Irving Young |
| Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty Lifelines Group |
Tara Cooper |
| Gisborne | Tairawhiti CDEM Group |
Libby Young |
| Hawkes Bay | Hawkes Bay CDEM Group Lifelines |
Damon McKibbin |
| Taranaki | Taranaki Lifelines Group |
Craig Campbell-Smart craig.campbell-smart@cdemtaranaki.govt.nz Justin Post |
| Manawatū-Whanganui | Manawatū-Whanganui Lifelines Advisory Group |
Chay Hook |
| Wellington Wellington (Wairarapa) |
Wellington Lifelines Group |
Richard Mowll |
| Wairarapa Engineering Lifelines Association |
Steven May |
|
| Nelson-Tasman | Nelson-Tasman Lifelines Project |
Luci Swatton |
| Marlborough | Marlborough Engineering Lifelines Group |
Amanda Smith |
| West Coast | West Coast Engineering Lifelines Group |
Claire Brown |
| Canterbury | Canterbury Engineering Lifelines Group |
Mark Gordon |
| Otago | Otago CDEM Group | Matt Alley |
| Southland | Southland Regional Lifelines Steering Group |
Craig Sinclair |
| Chathams | Chatham Islands CDEM Group | N/A |