Northland tsunami warning: Dargaville safe during alert
7 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Dargaville residents were safe and not told to evacuate amid Friday s tsunami risk.
Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
Kaipara Mayor Dr Jason Smith says Dargaville residents were safe on Friday despite not being told to evacuate amid the wider tsunami risk.
Smith said Dargaville residents were instead told to exercise sensible precautions and keep away from the water, in line with Northland Civil Defence advice.
A Northland Civil Defence spokesperson said low-lying coastal areas along the whole of Northland s west coast should evacuate. But this did not include Dargaville.