Updated and user-friendly tsunami evacuation maps are available for Northlanders living near the region's 3200km of coastline.
People are advised to familiarise themselves with the new set of maps that replace earlier ones. The maps show the areas most at risk and provide safe zones to head to in the event of a tsunami.
The updated version allows users to enter their address to go directly to the relevant location on the maps, which can also be exported, saved and printed.
Northland Regional Council member Rick Stolwerk, who is on the Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, said the previous tsunami zones for Northland were created by GNS Science in 2011.
GNS Science was re-commissioned last year to develop updated zones, making use of advances in the science of modelling tsunami, along with high-quality land surface data.