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Civil Defence leaders have traded blows over who should have been calling the shots on Northland's tsunami evacuation alerts, and the national body has admitted acting too slow.
Civil Defence leaders have traded blows over who should have been calling the shots on Northland's tsunami evacuation alerts, and the national body has admitted acting too slow.
Northland tsunami alert: Retailers rate response
12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
Around 15,000 people evacuated Whangārei last week amid the spectre of an up to three-metre Kermadec Islands-generated tsunami hitting while they would normally be taking care of business or grabbing a morning coffee.
Central city retailers have given the tsunami evacuation a mixed scorecard. Northland s Local Democracy Reporter Susan Botting canvassed retailers to find out more about their views on the city s first full-blown tsunami evacuation.
They were asked about:
4. Business day.
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