Quake Safe Your Home
No matter where you live in Aotearoa we all need to take steps that will help make our homes safer in the event of an earthquake. Our Quake Safe Your Home guide shows you how to prepare your home and protect your whānau.
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Quake Safety for young children
Our Quake Safety for young children guide shows you how to make your child’s room safer for quakes, how to protect your baby or child during an earthquake and how to care for them in an emergency.
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Sécurité en cas de tremblement de terre pour les jeunes enfants |
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NZ Natural Hazards Info and Activity Book
How fast can a tsunami travel? Where was NZ’s strongest recorded wind gust? Find the answers, complete the fun activities, and find out the Fix. Fasten. Don’t Forget. steps to make your home stronger and safer with our NZ Natural Hazards Info and Activity Book – just for kids!
Natural Hazards Alexa Skill
Our Natural Hazards Skill for Alexa devices is an official collaboration between NHC Toka Tū Ake, GeoNet and the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM).
Using MMI data based on GeoNet ‘felt’ reports of earthquakes, Natural Hazards provides information about the strength and location of recent quakes that might have occurred near your location. You can also ask information about earthquakes that might have occurred near New Zealand’s six largest cities.
Following quake information, NHC Toka Tū Ake and Civil Defence tips are provided to help you prepare your homes and yourself for various natural hazards.
Guide to making a claim
If you have been affected by a natural hazard event, navigating the claims process can be a challenging time. This Guide to making a claim gives you more information on:
- Making urgent repairs
- Your natural hazards cover
- The claims process
- How much you're covered for
- The Code of Insured Persons' Rights.
Guide to natural hazards cover
Natural hazards cover helps you rebuild or repair your home if it’s damaged after a natural hazard event. In this Guide to natural hazards cover you'll learn more about:
- Get to know your natural hazards cover
- Natural hazards you're covered for
- Cover for your home
- Cover for your land
- What we don't cover
- Excess for natural hazard cover claims
- How to make a claim
- The Code of Insured Persons Rights.