Well, Hastings District Council did a great job of the conference this year. As part of the celebrations of their 50th year as a civil defence organisation, the Council chose to host this year conference. I must confess to a little bit of disappointment when I first saw the programme, but I think they pulled it off nicely.
Paul Hawke and team had a really good mix of historical events (the 1931 quake), recent events (Napier siege and Samoa tsunami), research (earthquake fault mapping) and national level updates from the Director. The evening dinner was also a good opportunity to network with colleagues and meet one or two of the newbies to the sector.
I didn't attend the field trip but as an optional extra this too would have added to the conference (good reports were heard).
Some of the usual suspects had their wares on display and it was great to see their continued support for these conference activities. Wright Satellite Connections, PSL, ReadyNet, Meerkat Alert Systems, Spirit Wireless and SRT Shelterbox helped to distract us during the breaks. Lyndon Tamblyn from Bulls had the Shelterbox equipment set up - no sooner had he arrived than he was being asked to deploy to an earthquake in Indonesia - thanks for sticking around Lyndon.
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