The tragedy of last week's tsunami in Samoa and this week's earthquake in the Solomon Islands/Vanuatu region shows that Civil Defence needs to lift it's game.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The Government is "generally happy" with the New Zealand Civil Defence response to yesterday's tsunami warning though there will be a review into why there was some confusion, Acting Prime Minister Bill English said today.

Wellington, May 21 NZPA - New Zealand and Australia will have a 24/7 emergency "hotline" as part of closer and more formal links between their emergency management agencies.