Lookout! – Issue 15
21 December 2009
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In September, a two-day workshop was held at MNZ in Wellington for the media and community relations members of the National Response Team (NRT).
The six regional council team members joined MNZ senior media advisors Sophie Hazelhurst and Ross Henderson for a workshop examining how prepared the NRT is for the intense media and community scrutiny that would accompany a large-scale spill.
NRT media members (back row, left to right)Sophie Hazelhurst,
Ross Henderson, Rusty Ritchie,
Sara McBride-Steele, Michele Poole,
Penny Bloomberg
(front row) Drew Broadley, Jeson Dawson after the spill
AMSA public relations manager Tracey Jiggins gave a presentation on the experiences in Australia – dealing with the Queensland oil spill in March, and the ongoing Montara well head spill.
The group found much to be learnt from Tracey’s experiences dealing with large-scale spills and Tracey continued to give advice and feedback over the next two days.
Following the workshop, Sophie is now preparing material to go into oil spill response media packs, which will be sent to all 16 regional councils. The packs will include information on oil spill response, contact details, release templates and other useful material. These should be circulated by the end of this year
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