a sector overview of
New Zealand Lifelines
The lifelines sector in New Zealand brings together organisations involved in the delivery of essential infrastructure services that support our communities. These organisations work together to improve the resilience of the whole infrastructure system and minimise restoration time when outages occur.
National
New Zealand Lifelines Council (NZLC)
The NZLC provides a forum for national agencies to share knowledge and collaborate on infrastructure resilience. It also supports and coordinates the work of regional lifelines groups.
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
NEMA is the NZ Government lead for emergency management. NEMA’s infrastructure resilience team works closely with NZLC and national lifelines to support improved resilience and leads the national lifeline utility coordination function in an emergency.
Sector Coordinating Entities (SCEs)
Lifelines sector SCEs provide national sector coordination before an emergency event. They provide a single point of contact for each sector into the national emergency response structure. SCEs are established in the fuel, telecommunications, electricity, transport, cash, and water sectors.
Regional
Regional Lifelines Groups
Lifeline Utility representatives collaborate across sectors and with scientists, emergency managers and others in regionally based Lifeline Groups. A key priority is to identify regional infrastructure vulnerabilities and understand sector interdependencies, to support the identification of mitigations and a more coordinated emergency response.
Emergency Management Groups
Regional Emergency Management Groups lead the delivery of Emergency Management in each region. They are responsible for establishing regional lifeline utility coordination processes in an emergency.
Lifeline Utilities (Essential Infrastructure Providers)
Lifelines are the essential infrastructure and services that support our communities, including water, wastewater, stormwater, electricity, gas, petroleum, telecommunications, and transportation.