1. 1 CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOLLISTIC RESILIENCE John Hamilton Director

2. New Zealand’s National Security risks New Zealand’s National Security Risks

3. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 1.Policy Advisory Group 2.Cabinet Office 3.Government House 4.Security and Intelligence Group 5.Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

4. 4 The Objective

5. Resilience can be defined as the ability of an entity to absorb and adapt to sudden change without losing its function or character.

6. Common Factors in Definitions of Resilience 1.Understanding and anticipating potential disruption 2.Being ‘change-ready’ 3.Ability to resist or withstand shocks 4.Having survival and coping strategies 5.Being capable, adaptable, resourceful, and innovative 6.Learning from experience and ‘building back better’

7. Social Resilience Health Education Welfare Culture Justice/protection Economic Resilience Economy Finance Commerce Governance Security/ intelligence Infrastructure Resilience Lifeline utilities Buildings/housing Urban design/devt Community infrastructure Environmental Resilience Hazard mitigation Climate change adaptation Sustainability Ecology Organisational Resilience Business continuity Response/recovery capability Organis'l capability Civic services Social Capital Knowledge Civic participation Capacity building Connectedness Active agents Components of Resilience Concept of Holistic Resilience Individual Family Neighbourhood Community Society Interventions Risk reduction, Readiness, Response, Recovery

8. Christchurch 1251hrs 22 February 2011

9. Christchurch CBD 2013

10. 10 Situational Awareness: old lesson relearned (again) Operational Planning Media and Public Expectations Local Economy Some Lessons from the Response

11. Characteristics of Resilience Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency. No single points of failure that can bring down systems. The “bounce back“ ability. The ability to keep finding new solutions Adaptation and change quickly when needed.

12. Avoid single points of failure

13. Characteristics of Resilience Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency. No single points of failure that can bring down systems. The “bounce back“ ability. The ability to keep finding new solutions Adaptation and change quickly when needed.

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