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Local Advisory Committees
Local Advisory Committees help us make your community more resilient in an emergency
Last year, in June we appointed 49 members to our first seven Local Advisory Committees (LACs) in
Northland, Tairāwhiti, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Chatham Islands, West Coast and Otago.
LACs’ purpose is to provide independent community-focussed strategic advice on local needs, issues and risks. LACs will help
Fire and Emergency support their communities by providing a strong local perspective on what matters.
E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū
Reflecting the diversity of community voices
This historic whakatauki is offered up to represent the diversity of voices and reminds us that it
takes a multitude of voices to create harmony.
Where Local Advisory Committees are now established
Find out more about our first seven Local Advisory Committees (Northland, Tairāwhiti, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Chatham Islands, West Coast and Otago)
We commissioned an independent report to assess how our first seven Local Advisory Committees (LACs) were doing, a year on from their establishment.