Planning for Extreme Wildfire Policy Brief
Annet Forkink (GNS Science), Xuemei Tang (GNS Science), Lisa Langer (Scion), Andrea Grant (Scion), Simon Wegner (Scion), Bryann Avendano (University of Canterbury), Sarah McCaffrey (formerly US Forest Service), Ruggiero Lovreglio (Massey University).
This brief offers an overview of the legislative and planning frameworks relevant to wildfire management in Aotearoa New Zealand to provide insights into how wildfire is managed and integrated into planning processes. It is written for a range of disciplines involved in residential land development and construction, such as natural hazard risk managers, land-use planners and policy makers.
More detailed information can be found in GNS Science report 2022/21 (Forkink et al. 2023) (PDF, 7 MB).
Read a New Zealand Planning Institute article describing findings of a regulatory framework analysis under the Extreme Wildfire: Our new reality - are we ready? research programme: Annet Forkink, Xuemei Tang, E.R. (Lisa) Langer, Simon Wegner and Andrea Grant (2025). Climate Change and Wildfire Risk Planning for Wildfire Risk in Aotearoa New Zealand. NZPI Planning Quarterly Sept 25 issue.(external link)
Image credit: Karen Bayne, Scion.