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How many times, if any, has the New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT) been deployed since its establishment; and on what dates did each deployment occur?

Answered Question 10 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many times, if any, has the New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT) been deployed since its establishment; and on what dates did each deployment occur?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Answer

I am advised that to date, the New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT) has completed 97 individual deployments of members to 11 significant events. Specific dates of the 97 individual deployments are not readily available without significant collation.