How Readiness and Response works
The National Maritime Response System
Major search and rescue operations, major maritime incidents, and national-level oil pollution responses are often complex and resource-intensive.
Maritime NZ’s National Maritime Response System brings together personnel, plans, procedures, and assets, all of which must be ready to respond in a coordinated way.
The National Maritime Response System delivers Maritime NZ’s lead agency responsibilities for the coordination of major search and rescue (SAR), and response to major maritime incidents and national-level marine oil pollution incidents.
Interacting with the National Risk and Resilience System
The National Risk and Resilience Framework, agreed by Cabinet, is a strategic and proactive framework used across government to strengthen New Zealand’s resilience to National Risks.
Funding
A number of mechanisms provide funding for readiness and response, across all of Maritime NZ’s three areas of responsibility – major search and rescue, major maritime incident response and oil pollution response.