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About Us
The Canterbury CDEM Group is a partnership of local authorities, emergency services and other organisations tasked with providing effective and comprehensive management of major hazards and their consequences anywhere in Canterbury.
The area covered by the CDEM Group and this Plan is shown in Figure 1.1. The Group area extends to the northern boundaries of Kaikoura and Hurunui Districts, to the west along the boundary with the West Coast Region, to the south by the southern boundaries of Timaru and Waimate Districts, and by the Pacific Ocean to the East.
The local authority members of the CDEM Group Joint Committee are:
- Ashburton District Council
- Christchurch City Council
- Environment Canterbury
- Kaikoura District Council
- Hurunui District Council
- Mackenzie District Council
- Selwyn District Council
- Timaru District Council
- Waimate District Council
- Waimakariri District
The CDEM Group’s influence is extended beyond the local authority member authorities to include a wide range of partner organisations. The primary partners are those with membership on the Coordinating Executive Group (CEG), established according to s20 CDEM Act. The representative members that form the CEG are chief executives of senior officer of their respective organisations in Canterbury.
The member organisations of the Coordinating Executive Group are:
- The local authority members of the CDEM Group, including Environment Canterbury.
- NZ Police
- NZ Fire Service
- Canterbury District Health Board
- South Canterbury District Health Board
- St John Ambulance
- Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Canterbury West Coast Rural Fire Committee
- Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
- Canterbury CDEM Group Controller
The CEG brings together a much wider range of organisations through its various committees.
