Civil Defence Centres
There are a large number of Civil Defence Centres located through out Hawke’s Bay. Volunteers are appointed as members of the Civil Defence Centre closest to their home address.
Napier
Hastings
Wairoa
Central Hawke's Bay
During an emergency Civil Defence Centres may be in operation. The public will be notified by radio which ones are activated in an emergency.
Napier has 9 Civil Defence centres, based at.
- Bay View @ King George Hall
- Westshore @ Westshore Primary School
- Napier Hill @ Central School
- Napier South @ Napier Intermediate
- Maraenui @ Maraenui School
- Onekawa @ William Colenso College
- Tamatea @ Tamatea Intermediate
- Taradale @ Taradale Intermediate
- Meeanee @ Meeanee Memorial Hall
Hastings is currently updating its Civil Defence Centre list. Any queries meantime can be directed to (06) 871 5000.
Wairoa has 14 Sectors with a number of potential Civil Defence Centres. The sectors are:
Wairoa with North Clyde, College, Hillneath and Primary Sub-Sectors
- Mahia Sector
- Nuhaka Sector
- Whakaki Sector
- Turiroa Sector
- Te Reinga Sector
- Frasertown Sector
- Tuai/Waikaremoana Sector
- Kotemaori Sector
- Raupunga Sector
- Ardkeen Sector
Central Hawke’s Bay has 25 Civil Defence Centres, based at
- Argyll School
- Ashley Clinton Hall
- Blackhead Beach camp
- Camp Wakarara
- Elsthorpe School Hall
- Oueroa School
- Flemington Hall
- Hatuma
- Kairakau beach Hall
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- Mangakuri Beach
- Mangaorapa School
- Omakere School
- Ongaonga School
- Otane Hall
- Patangata Tavern
- Porangahau Beach Camp
- Porangahau Village Hall
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- Pukehou School
- Pourerere Beach
- Takapau Health Centre
- Tikokino Hotel
- Waipawa Town Hall
- Waipukurau Memorial Hall
- Wallingford Hall
- Wanstead Tavern
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Go to the Central HB District Council website to see a map of their centres http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/civil-defence/
There is no hidden army!
In the early days of Civil Defence the backbone of the volunteer network was the returned service men and women of the Second World War. Their combat experiences ensured that they had developed excellent planning, logistics and “man” management skills suitable for any occasion, and their friendship networks throughout each community enabled them to organise the community to respond when disaster struck. With the passing of the years many of these volunteers are no longer available and there are very few new volunteers offering their service.
The demands of modern life are impacting significantly on so many of the organisations that contribute to our community, reducing the pool of willing volunteers and placing at risk our community’s ability to rally trained volunteers who know how to organise an appropriate response to disaster.