Emergency Kit Plan
Printable emergency kit checklist: New Zealand
New Zealand advice: 3 days or more.
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At home
Water
3 litres for each person each day
The source says this water is for drinking and for some other uses.
- People in your home
- Days
- Total to keep
- 2.25 litre bottles
- 10 litre containers
- 20 litre containers
Food
3 meals a day for each adult and child. This count is ours, not official advice.
Tins
- Baked beans
- Soup
- Tinned fish
- Tinned meat
- Tinned vegetables
- Tinned fruit
Packets and jars
- Crackers or oatcakes
- Peanut butter
- Breakfast cereal
- Long-life milk
- Dried fruit and nuts
- Cereal bars
Needs heat or boiled water
- Rice, pasta or noodles
- Porridge oats
Count these only if you can cook without mains power.
Health and hygiene
- Toilet paper
- Large plastic buckets for an emergency toilet
Numbers to call
Official lists used: New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency, Get Ready, Get Ready booklet (September 2024), read 12 November 2026.Emergency Kit Plan
Emergency Kit Plan
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Grab bag
Grab bag
A grab bag is for when you have to leave home in a hurry. If you have more time to leave, you can use your home kit.
- Torches and batteries
- Radio – wind up or with batteries
- Hand sanitiser
- Cash
- Work gloves
- A properly-fitted P2 or N95 mask
- Copies of important documents and photo ID
- Walking shoes, warm clothes, raincoat and hat
- First aid kit
- Prescription medicine
- Water and snack food (remember babies and pets too)
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Numbers to call
Official lists used: New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency, Get Ready, Get Ready booklet (September 2024), read 12 November 2026.Emergency Kit Plan