Azaria HowellPolitical Reporter·Newstalk ZB·16 Jul, 2026 05:00 PM3 mins to read‌The report found natural hazard spending had been mostly on response and recovery, rather than risk prevention and community preparedness. Photo / NZMEThe country’s civil defence agency is defending commissioning a London-based consultancy firm to prepare a $48,000 report about floods and storms in New Zealand.

The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) tasked the London School of Economics with producing the report on early warning systems last year as part of a