New Zealand

Civil Defence website crash during tsunami alert blamed on third-party issues

Mark Mitchell met with the National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday.

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RNZ

Civil Defence website crash during tsunami alert due to third-party problems – minister

Mark Mitchell met with the National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday.

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1News

Civil Defence website crash during tsunami alert due to third-party problems

Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said issues with the Civil Defence website during Fiordland's recent earthquake and tsunami event were caused by firewall problems and a global outage.

Read the full story at 1News