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RRANZ offers the CIMS PIM course to make high-quality Public Information Management training accessible to everyone with a role to play in emergency management.

Of all the CIMS functions, disaster recovery is arguably still the least understood – and the least well served by training. ResOrgs is a proud partner in RRANZ, which is doing something about that.

ResOrgs Director Tracy Hatton spent a week with Manaaki Scholarship recipients, facilitating the Manaaki Disaster Risk Reduction course that aims to build participants’ skills in risk assessment, emergency planning, and community resilience in Southeast Asia.

What will it take to get more buildings seismically strengthened?
Insights on incentives from across New Zealand’s building sector.

This policy brief is for anyone involved in critical infrastructure recovery. It outlines a framework that provides practical guidance to ensure recovery investments build resilience rather than merely restoring previous conditions.

We’ve pulled together lessons from past disaster recovery efforts as extreme weather continues to affect infrastructure across the North and South islands.

We wish you all the best for this holiday season. Check our some of our key highlights from 2025.

In 2025, we had the privilege of working with a diverse range of clients across the country. While their contexts couldn’t be more different we’ve noticed something striking: the fundamentals of effective business continuity planning are remarkably universal.

Roger Sutton was Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority for four years following the Christchurch earthquakes. Fifteen years on from the Christchurch earthquake, we are privileged to share some of Roger’s hard-won reflections about what actually works when leading communities through disaster.

We’re proud to have supported ASIS International in examining the critical role of security to Operational Resilience.