Civil Defence Northland

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This is the official Facebook page and credible source of information of the Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (CDEM).

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The Northland Regional Council and the region’s three District Councils, along with agencies such as the police and fire service, are all members of this group.

The CDEM Group works together to:

- reduce the potential effects of hazards;
- promote community and council readiness (preparedness) to respond to emergencies; and
- help the community to recover after an event

Find out more: www.nrc.govt.nz/civildefence

What’s the purpose of the Civil Defence Northland Facebook page?

- To provide you with the latest information during an emergency event
- To share information and resources about preparing for, responding to and recovering from an emergency event
- To promote emergency management throughout the Northland region

We will update and monitor our Facebook page during office hours, Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm. In the event of an emergency we may extend the times that we monitor and respond to queries on this page.

Civil Defence Northland Terms of Use

We welcome your comments and encourage discussion. We ask that you are polite and respectful with your comments and views.

Northland CDEM reserves the right to delete or ban users for comments, images or links that contain:

* offensive language;

* personal attacks of any kind;

* improper comments that target any ethnic, racial, or religious group;

* spam or include certain links to other sites;

* infringe on copyrights or trademarks;

* incorrect information;

* any other material we deem to be inappropriate;

* trolling - a Facebook term used for a person who purposefully attempts to aggravate, blame or direct abuse to get a response in order to inflame a situation further.

"Northland Regional Council manage the air, land, freshwater and coastal resources of the Northland region. We also co-ordinate civil defence, transport and economic development.Your regional council is made up of nine elected councillors, including a chairman, an appointed chief executive officer CEO and around 210 full and part-time staff."