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Te Tairāwhiti Marae Resilience and Emergency Preparedness Project
Is a collaboration between Te Puni Kokiri, Toitū Tairāwhiti (iwi collective) and Tairāwhiti Civil Defence and Emergency to support marae clusters across Tairāwhiti to build the capability to respond and recover from natural disasters by implementing community-based disaster support systems. The main focus is on those communities or marae sitting in the red inundation zones.
The areas and communities most at risk within our rohehave been identified and strategies have been put inplace to mitigate these.
Phase One of the project is ourmain focused areas for the Tūranganui side are Muriwai and Manutuke. Phase two includes Te Karaka, Patutahi, Mangatu and Waituhi.
Our role has been to engage with communities to understand their needs, build their awareness and preparedness for emergencies.