Civil Defence is investigating a technical glitch that caused some New Zealanders to receive multiple emergency tsunami alerts overnight, disturbing sleep and causing distress.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed that only two official alerts were sent following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia, but a system fault resulted in some people receiving repeated notifications between 1.50am and 3am.
The agency is working with telecom and software providers to resolve it.
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Don’t fret, nothing in government in this country, works properly……
Took the battery out of my phone.
It’s not a bug; it’s a feature. Everything about wireless emergency alerts is designed to cause anxiety. A vibration and strobe light and disagreeable screech tone that cannot be disabled.
Ignoring it is not only a right of free choice, it’s a duty where increasingly technology is deployed for social control.