Disaster Relocation Aotearoa

17/02/2023

It's been a while since I have been active here and it's heartbreaking to know how much has happened in Aotearoa since.

There will be relocation stories in the coming months and years: After the tidy-up, after the news cameras and choppers are gone. Let's support each other and take the strength and learnings from Christchurch forward.

Our country ravaged, people and their livelihoods/ pets/ livestock left in devastation right now.

30/11/2022

Hoping everyone is OK and knowing this will trigger CHCH friends

Taupō had a strong shake with several aftershocks this evening – a shallow M5.3 was felt widely by 5000+ people at 11:47 PM. Earthquakes are common for this area at VAL1. Remember, if you’re in bed when an earthquake occurs, Stay, Cover and Hold. https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2022p901216

For more info on Taupō volcano at VAL1 check out our FAQ story here: https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/2U5QAOkpT3OAkStjNlngNu

22/02/2022

11 years

27/09/2021

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/health_professionals/documents/relocationstress_508.pdf

Great hand-out resource to check feelings about relocation stress

24/09/2021

​Unplanned evacuations during a disaster can cause great stress on a community and on the individuals in that community. 

24/09/2021

Moving because of climate change, is it disaster relocation? I would say climate change is a disaster

Moving storiesThe voices of people who move in the context of environmental change Download Moving Stories: the voices of people who move in the context of environmental change Download The voices of people who move in the context of environmental change are absent from the debate about how we addre...

16/09/2021

09/09/2021

Visit the post for more.

09/09/2021

All the places you’ll never go back to, all the places where you once lived, all the languages you will never speak again. All the skies you once looked at, all the patterns of stars, the air smell…

06/09/2021

"The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority attributes much of the success of its efforts to relocate people after its 2010-11 earthquakes to a carefully-structured participatory process of community engagement."
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Governments have a responsibility to protect their people, including from disasters and the effects of climate change. Sometimes that means relocating them to safer areas. Given that the effects of climate change, exacerbated by settlement patterns and pre-existing vulnerabilities, it seems likely t...