Advocating and Influencing
A core aspect of NHC Toka Tū Ake’s work is to reduce the risk from, and build our resilience to natural hazards.
Central and local government relies on scientific research to design policies, regulations and guidance for thriving New Zealand communities. NHC Toka Tū Ake actively engages with the natural hazard risk and resilience sector to support, influence, and enable better decisions at the national and local level.
We fund and generate information that not only helps us to better understand the hazards we face, but also what can be done politically and practically to reduce the risks we face from hazard events.
To strengthen how we deliver on the NHC Toka Tū Ake Resilience Strategy for Natural Hazard Risk Reduction, we provide thought leadership and expertise to make a positive impact across the public and private sectors. We work with a variety of stakeholders to collaborate on matters of local and national significance, and we generate hazard scenarios, plans and programmes that identify gaps and opportunities for the sector. These allow us to establish ways we can work together to learn more, and do more for our communities.
We also provide expertise to serve public interests, support public education campaigns, and reduce risk and resilience uncertainties.