Final report of the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events
(released 23 April 2024)
This information is released by the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery,
the Hon Mark Mitchell.
Report of the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events (PDF, 5.7MB)
Background
This Inquiry closed on 26 March 2024
The Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events commenced on 31 July 2023.
The purpose of the Inquiry was to ensure that the design of New Zealand’s emergency management system is appropriate to support readiness for, and responses to, future emergency events (landslides, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic activity, floods, and storms) by identifying lessons from three severe weather events that impacted the North Island:
- Cyclone Hale, from 8 to 12 January 2023
- heavy rainfall from 26 January to 3 February 2023 and
- Cyclone Gabrielle from 12 to 16 February 2023
The Inquiry reported back to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery on 26 March 2024.
