Auckland Lifelines Group (ALG)

Enhancing the connectivity of lifeline utility organisations across agency and sector boundaries in order to improve infrastructure resilience

Auckland Lifelines is a voluntary group

Auckland Lifelines Group (ALG) is made up of lifeline utilities who provide critical infrastructure around our region. We work together before, during and after emergency events to look after our communities by helping to restore essential services as soon as possible.

We work to benefit Aucklanders

We undertake projects to identify and reduce vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure services to regional scale emergencies, and readiness activities including agreed priorities for disaster restoration of roading, fuel, electricity and telecommunications networks.

We work closely with Civil Defence

The Auckland Lifelines Group represents lifeline utilities in the Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (AEM). Our group structure does not have an operational role in an emergency response although our member organisations do.

Auckland Lifelines news

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Continued progress in cyclone recovery

Councils from regions severely impacted by the 2023 North Island Severe Weather Events continue to make steady progress repairing transport routes and building future flood resilience for their communities, Emergency ...

24 April 2025

Full financial members and sponsors

Our financial members

Auckland Lifelines Group

Our objectives

Encourage and support

… the work of lifeline utility organisations in identifying hazards and mitigating the effects of hazards on lifeline utilities.

Facilitate conversation

… between all of the organisations involved in mitigating the effects of hazards on lifelines, to increase awareness and understanding of interdependencies between organisations, and to establish ‘pre-event’ relationships.

Coordinate input

… from lifeline utilities into CDEM planning activities.

Represent

… lifeline utilities on the CDEM Coordinating Executive Group (CEG).

Develop best practice

… approaches to mitigation, readiness and response measures for lifelines.

Promote

… ongoing research and technology transfer aimed at protecting and preserving the lifelines of the Auckland Region.

Coordinate national research

… activities into volcano impacts on lifeline utilities through the Volcanic Impacts Study Group.

Create and maintain awareness

… of the importance of lifelines, and of reducing the vulnerability of lifelines, to the various communities within the Auckland Region.

our member organisations volunteer funds, time and expertise

How our members benefit

Access to best practice risk and asset management concepts and procedures for utility and transportation sector lifelines.
Forums for regular contact and interaction with counterpart utility and transportation sector agencies for the exchange of information and views, leading to familiarity with the current regional status of mitigation and preparedness programmes and issues of common interest.
Enhanced ability to identify interdependency issues with other Lifelines, leading to more robust business continuity plans.
Access to workshops, exercises and other activities organised by the ALG.
The co-ordinated development of information, concepts and procedures which would be expensive and less effective for utility organisations to develop individually.
Co-ordination through liaison with Auckland CDEM for member organisations to participate in local and regional exercises to test their business continuity and organisational preparedness and interface with civil defence, the emergency services and other response agencies.
Linkage with national lifelines and emergency management initiatives and mechanism to influence national policy.