Tsunami Evacuation Zone Maps

Tsunami Evacuation Zone Maps have been developed by Greater Wellington Reginal Council, Kāpiti Coast District Council and Civil Defence, which identify the areas residents may need to evacuate in the event of a tsunami.

Each map has three evacuation zones: red, orange and yellow.

The red zone is the shore - exclusion zone.  This represents the highest risk zone and is the first place people should evacuate from in any sort of tsunami warning (both formal and informal)

The orange zone is the area which is likely to be evacuated during official warnings and evacuations.  The official warning will come from local Civil Defence Emergency Management agencies such as your local council.

The yellow zone identifies areas that need to evacuate for the largest possible tsunami.  People should evacuate this zone in natural or informal warnings from local sources events such as a large local earthquake.

What does the public need to know?

• What zone(s) you live/work and play in
• If there is a warning, listen to what colour zones are being evacuated
• If there is a large earthquake, evacuate all zones immediately

Tsunami Evacuation Zones

The overview map allows you to view additional maps in more detail:

Tsunami Evacuation Zones Overview (PDF, 1 page, 1Mb)

Specific Zone maps

The following maps contain specific details for a specific zone or area:

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Ōtaki (PDF, 1 page, 629Kb)

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Te Horo to Peka Peka (PDF, 1 page, 521Kb)

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Waikanae (PDF, 1 page, 701Kb)

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Paraparaumu to Raumati (PDF, 1 page, 924Kb)

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Raumati South (PDF, 1 page, 703Kb)

Tsunami Evacuation Zones - Paekākāriki (PDF, 1 page, 537Kb)