Phase 013 weeks
Grounded
From $7,500 + GST
An honest picture of where you stand.
- Desktop review
- 4–6 interviews
- Maturity scoring & gap analysis
Independent · Aotearoa NZ · 4Rs of Resilience
We assess yourorganisation's resilience.Honestly.
Independent maturity assessments of business continuity and emergency management capability for New Zealand organisations. We score where you stand, find the gaps that matter most, and tell you what to fix first.
3RS — Resilience · Readiness · Reviews
Rachel & Dave
Founding partners
3Rs Resilience readiness reviews
All packages →Three products. One framework. Scaled to what your organisation actually needs.
Phase 024–6 weeks
Ready
From $15,000 + GST
Find out if your investment in resilience would actually hold up.
- Everything in Grounded
- Governance assessment
- Board-ready executive summary
Phase 038–10 weeks
Assured
From $30,000 + GST
Independent assurance your board and regulator can rely on.
- 12–18 interviews
- Scenario stress-testing
- Formal assurance report
Koru · new growth, quiet strength
Why 3RS
Independent assurance for organisations that need to know their resilience is real.
- Independent.
- We do not sell software or create dependency. Our only product is our honest assessment.
- Senior-led.
- Every engagement is led and delivered by a named senior practitioner. You know who is doing the work before you commit.
- Built for New Zealand.
- Our framework reflects NZ's risk profile, legislation, and the way NZ organisations actually work — not a generic international template with the country name swapped out.
- Practical.
- Our reports are written to be used. Short. Specific. No padding.
Framework · 4Rs of Resilience
A common language that holds up under pressure.
The shape of every assessment we deliver, and the structure your board, executive and regulator will already recognise.
R1
Reduction
Have you identified the risks that matter most — and done anything practical about them?
R2
Readiness
Do your plans reflect how your organisation actually works, and have they been tested?
R3
Response
If something occurs at 2am on a Saturday, who decides what happens next?
R4
Recovery
Do you know what a return to normal actually looks like — and could you sustain the way there?
Who we work with
Organisations where disruption would genuinely matter — to people, and to place.
- Community & social services
- Tertiary institutions
- Local & regional government
- Lifeline utilities & Crown entities
Journal
Read the journal →Things we think are worth saying.
Resilience4 min read
Who Owns Resilience?
Every organisation knows who owns the money, the buildings, the people and the technology. Ask who owns resilience and you get silence. Shared responsibility with zero accountability is not resilience — it is the office kitchen.
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Resilience3 min read
Who is Asking the Resilience Question at Your Board Table?
In finance, legal and regulatory matters, boards insist on independent assurance. In resilience, many take management’s word for it — and belief and evidence are not the same thing.
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Resilience3 min read
3Rs, 4Rs, 6Rs and All the Ps
Which of the 4Rs did we leave out? None — we added two. What 3RS Resilience Readiness Reviews really means, why we assess 6Rs, and how it helps you avoid all the Ps.
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