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The government has been testing its emergency alert system in collaboration with telecom service providers to enhance public safety. Mobile phone users received a test alert message accompanied by a loud beep, prompting them to interact with it by pressing "Ok." The system is crucial during critical situations like natural disasters and has also proved valuable in delivering real-time updates during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling effective communication and informed decision-making.

Thieves are targetting Auckland's Tsunami sirens, despite they fact they apparently cannot be modified to play music. But it is leaving some areas without an early warning system, if disaster is looming. Adam Maggs from Auckland Emergency Management talks to Lisa Owen.

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Hon Kieran McAnulty Minister for Emergency Management Over 90 per cent of New Zealanders are expected to receive this year’s nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert system tonight between 6-7pm. “Emergency Mobile Alert is a tool that can alert ...

If your phone makes a loud buzzing sound at some point tonight, don’t panic - you’re part of the 90 per cent of the country receiving a mobile alert.
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The alert will come between 6pm and 7pm tonight.

If your phone makes a loud buzzing sound at some point tonight, don’t panic - you’re part of the 90 percent of the country receiving a mobile alert...

The test is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. PT and will include alerts to mobile phones, television and radio.

Global Mobile Alert’s Driver Distraction Alert app is designed to improve safety by reducing distractions from activities done while driving.

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