Reporters were on deck in Whangarei, Hawkes Bay, north of Auckland, Akaroa….other people, such as Civil Defence, were put on air.

I flicked across half a dozen commercial stations and it was normal programming. A reporter stopped a boat going in the water at Akaroa. They’d been listening to a radio station but weren’t aware of the danger. Meanwhile, TVNZ proceeded with Q and A.

Doesn’t this again under-score the value of a well-resourced, non-commercial radio network?

See this on Red Alert