Climate change impacts are intricately entangled with the lives of communities, their vulnerabilities and their abilities to adapt. The adaptation policies need to recognise this connection of communities with their localities and with places. This understanding is critical for their effective adaptation while maintaining their sense of attachment to the places they dwell in. Thus, the adaptation policies are now considering place-based approaches for effective adaptation to the impact of climate change. In this paper, we explore the case of Australia and New Zealand through their adaptation policies, and how they have considered places in their respective policies. Given the fact that both countries have a significant indigenous population who live with a close connection with their places. The paper analyses the national-level policies of both countries and engages with how they have considered a place-based approach for adaptation.