Be prepared

Activities to prepare for:

• Childcare planning guide
• Civil defence planning at home
• Civil defence planning at school
• Civil defence planning at work
• Earthquake advice
• Tsunami advice              

During an emergency you need to listen to the radio for instructions

We will broadcast over these stations during an emergency: 

• 1314 AM Radio NZ
• 101.3 FM Radio NZ
• 945 kHz AM - Talkback ZB
• 585 kHz AM - Radio Ngati Porou
• 90.9 FM - ZGFM
• 98.1 FM - Radio Ngati Porou
• 98.9 FM - More FM
• 94.8 FM - Radio Live
• 91.7 FM - Turanga FM
• 88.5 FM - Uawa

Only use the phone in emergencies. Also:

• Look out for your neighbours and elderly folk.
• Know how to turn off your power, water and gas.
• Look at the last yellow page in the centre of your phone book for your community emergency centre.
• Know what the threats are - and what they will do to you.
• Don't go sightseeing.
• Plan how you will survive without power, phone, food, water and the emergency services.
• Know what you will take if you have to evacuate.