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Tsunami Sirens In New Zealand
While there are tsunami warning siren (alarm), sirens throughout New Zealand, the country does not have a national tsunami warning siren system. Some individual areas have tsunami warning sirens which are activated by local Civil Defence Emergency Management groups. Tsunami sirens must follow a technical standard by the National Emergency Management Agency (New Zealand), National Emergency Management Agency, which standardises the siren signals, their meanings and the "requirements for their operation". Tsunami warnings are also issued over radio and to mobile phones via Emergency Mobile Alert and on TV and social media. Areas that are prone to local-source tsunami (caused by nearby earthquakes) such as the Wellington Region and Napier, New Zealand, Napier do not have tsunami sirens, or have few tsunami sirens, due to the potential danger they pose to the public. These issues are that local-source tsunami waves could arrive before the sirens are activated and that earthquake shak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Tsunami Warning Siren
Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the List of cities in New Zealand, most populous city of New Zealand and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth-largest city in Oceania. The city lies between the Hauraki Gulf to the east, the Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitākere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with 53 volcanic centres that make up the Auckland Volcanic Field. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. Auckland is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siren Kings Mischief
Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology that lured sailors to their deaths. Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisconsin, a village * Siren Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Siren Rock, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica People * Siren (surname) * Siren, stage name of female bodybuilder Shelley Beattie on the TV show ''American Gladiators'' * Siren, stage name of Valerie Waugaman on the 2008 revival of ''American Gladiators'' * Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene * Siren Sundby (born 1982), Norwegian Olympic sailor Animals * ''Siren'' (genus), a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Sirenidae * ''Hestina'', a genus of brush-footed butterfly commonly called sirens * Sirenia, an order of aquatic mammals including dugongs and manatees * Sirenidae, a family of aquatic sala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauanui
The town of Pauanui (, meaning "big pāua") is on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the mouth of the Tairua River on its south bank, directly opposite the larger town of Tairua. The two settlements are 30 kilometres east of Thames, New Zealand, Thames. Several islands lie off the mouth of the river, notably Slipper Island to the southeast and the Aldermen Islands 20 kilometres to the East. The area is a popular holiday destination, with an estimated summer holidaymaker population of over 15,000. Pauanui is known as New Zealand's holiday destination for the elite and wealthy. It is approximately a one-hour 50-minute drive from Auckland, New Zealand's most populous city. The settlement has an airstrip used by recreational light-aircraft pilots and is noted for game fishing, Underwater diving, diving, surfing and its excellent beach. The area was developed in the late 1960s with a focus on families and included features th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitianga
Whitianga is a town on the Coromandel Peninsula, in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located on Mercury Bay, on the northeastern coast of the peninsula. The town has a permanent population of as of making it the second-largest town on the Coromandel Peninsula behind Thames, New Zealand, Thames. Demographics Stats NZ describes Whitianga as a small urban area, which covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Whitianga has grown rapidly since 1945, when it had a population of 443, with 1,427 in 1976 and 3,540 in 1996. Whitianga had a population of 6,054 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 561 people (10.2%) since the 2018 New Zealand census, 2018 census, and an increase of 1,644 people (37.3%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census. There were 3,000 males, 3,048 females and 6 people of non-binary gender, other genders in 2,586 dwellings. 1.6% of people identified as LGBTQ, LG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coromandel Peninsula
The Coromandel Peninsula () on the North Island of New Zealand extends north from the western end of the Bay of Plenty, forming a natural barrier protecting the Hauraki Gulf and the Firth of Thames in the west from the Pacific Ocean to the east. It is wide at its broadest point. Almost its entire population lives on the narrow coastal strips fronting the Hauraki Gulf and the Bay of Plenty. In clear weather the peninsula is clearly visible from Auckland, the country's biggest city, which lies on the far shore of the Hauraki Gulf, to the west. The peninsula is part of the Thames-Coromandel District and the Waikato Region. Names The Māori name for the peninsula is ''Te Tara-o-te-Ika-a-Māui'', meaning "the barb of Māui's fish". This comes from the legend of Māui and the Fish, in which the demigod uses his hook to catch a great fish (Te Ika-a-Māui or the North Island) from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. In Hauraki Māori tradition, the fish is likened to a sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thames-Coromandel District Council
Thames-Coromandel District Council is the territorial authority for the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand. The council consists of the mayor of Thames-Coromandel and 8 ward councillors. There are also five community boards. The current mayor is . Composition Councillors * Mayor * Coromandel-Colville Ward: John Morrissey * Mercury Bay Ward: Rekha Giri-Percival, Deli Connell, John Grant * South East Ward: Gary Gotlieb, Terry Walker * Thames Ward: Peter Revell, Martin Rodley, Robyn Sinclair Community boards * Coromandel-Colville Community Board: Jan Autumn, Jean Ashby, Kim Brett, Peter Pritchard * Mercury Bay Community Board: Bill McLean, Deli Connell, Rekha Giri-Percival, Jeremy Lomas * Tairua-Pauanui Community Board: Anne Stewart Ball, Chris New, Warwick Brooks, Barry Swindles * Thames Community Board: Cherie Staples, Peter Revell, Sheryll Fitzpatrick, Strat Peters * Whangamata Community Board: Dave Ryan, Kay Baker, Ken Coulam, Tamzin Letele History The area was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuff (website)
Stuff is a New Zealand news media website owned by newspaper conglomerate Stuff Ltd (formerly called Fairfax). As of early 2024, it is the most popular news website in New Zealand, with a monthly unique audience of more than 2 million. Stuff was founded in 2000, and publishes breaking news, weather, sport, politics, video, entertainment, business and life and style content from Stuff Ltd's newspapers, which include New Zealand's second- and third-highest circulation daily newspapers, ''The Post'' and '' The Press'', and the highest circulation weekly, '' Sunday Star-Times'', as well as international news wire services. Stuff has won numerous awards at the Newspaper Publishers' Association awards including 'Best News Website or App' in 2014 and 2019, and 'Website of the Year' in 2013 and 2018, 'Best News Website in 2019', and 'Digital News Provider of the Year' in 2024 and 2025. History Independent Newspapers Ltd, 2000–2003 The former New Zealand media company Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui (, ) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of Tauranga located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988, which connects Mount Maunganui to Tauranga's central business district. Mount Maunganui is also the name of the large lava dome which was formed by the upwelling of rhyolite lava about two to three million years ago. It is officially known by its Māori language, Māori name ''Mauao'', but is colloquially known in New Zealand simply as ''The Mount''. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "large mountain" for ''Maunganui''. Geography Mount Maunganui is located atop a sand bar that connects Mauao to the mainland, a geographical formation known as a tombolo. Because of this formation, the residents of Mount Maunganui have both a Tauranga Harbour, harbour beach (Pilot Bay) and an ocean b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waihi Beach
Waihī Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 10 kilometres to the east of the town of Waihi, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula. The main beach is 10 kilometres long. The town had a permanent population of as of . At the northern end of Waihī Beach, the Orokawa Scenic Reserve offers several short walking tracks along the coast and to Orokawa Bay. While the main beach is backed by the residential area of the township of Waihī Beach, Orokawa Bay is undeveloped and surrounded by native bush including pōhutukawa, pūriri, and nīkau palms. At the southern end of the beach is the small settlement of Bowentown and the northern side of the northern Katikati entrance to Tauranga Harbour. History and culture Early history Māori have lived in the region since pre-European times, with numerous pā sites within a few kilometres of Waihī Beach. There is still evidence of the old pā sites at the Bowentown end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty () is a large bight (geography), bight along the northern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It stretches from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaway in the east. Called ''Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi'' (the Ocean of Toitehuatahi) in the Māori language after Toi-te-huatahi, an early ancestor, the name 'Bay of Plenty' was bestowed by James Cook in 1769 when he noticed the abundant food supplies at several Māori people, Māori villages there, in stark contrast to observations he had made earlier in Poverty Bay. Geography The bay is defined by of open coastline used for economic, recreational and cultural purposes. The coastline from Waihi Beach in the west to Opape is defined as sandy coast, while the coast from Opape to Cape Runaway is rocky shore. Sizeable harbours are located at Tauranga, Whakatāne and Ohiwa. Major estuaries include Maketu, Little Waihi, Whakatāne, Waiotahe and Waioeka River, Waioeka/Ōtara River, Ōtara. Eight major rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1News
1News is the news service of the New Zealand television network TVNZ. Its flagship programme is the daily evening newscast ''1News at Six''; other programmes include morning news-talk show ''Breakfast'', '' Te Karere'', '' Seven Sharp'', and Sunday morning political affairs program '' Q+A''. TVNZ also operates a news website and app, 1News.co.nz. TVNZ's Chief News and Content Officer, Nadia Tolich, was appointed in April 2025. Broadcast from its Auckland studios, 1News' nightly 6pm bulletin is usually New Zealand's most-watched television programme and seen as influential. TVNZ operates bureaus in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and has foreign correspondents based in Australia, Europe and the United States. History Television news in New Zealand started in 1960 with the introduction of television. These bulletins were broadcast from New Zealand's four main cities (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) operating independently of each other due to technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitākere Ward
Waitākere is a locality name in West Auckland, New Zealand. It most commonly refers to: * Waitākere, Auckland, a rural town north-west of Auckland *Waitakere City, a former territorial authority which existed from 1989 to 2010 *Waitākere Ranges, a mountain range in West Auckland Waitākere may also refer to: *Waitakere City FC, a football club *Waitākere College, a school in Henderson, New Zealand *Waitakere (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate * Waitakere railway station in Waitākere town *Waitākere Reservoir in the Waitākere Ranges *Waitākere River in the Waitākere Ranges *Waitākere volcano The Waitākere volcano, also known as the Manukau volcano, was a Miocene era volcano that formed off the west coast of the modern Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. Erupting intermittently between 23 million and 15 million years ago, ..., a former volcano in the Miocene era * Waitākere ward, a district of Auckland Council {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
