Bell Block
New Plymouth CBD
New Plymouth Port
Oakura
Onaero
Opunake
Patea
Strandon
Tongaporutu
Urenui
Waitara
Waiwhakaiho
Red Zone: The Red Zone is the beach and marine environment (including harbours, rivers and estuaries), and some very low lying areas. You should always evacuate this area if there is any sort of tsunami warning, whether that warning comes from unofficial sources, official warnings, or immediately after any long or strong earthquake.
Orange Zone: The Orange Zone would be evacuated if there was a medium to large tsunami threat. This may be from a tsunami sources more than one hour of travel time away from the mapped location. Alerts (radio, Emergency Mobile Alert, Red Cross Hazard app) and evacuation advice would be issued by Civil Defence Emergency Management and distributed to the public. Evacuate this area if there is any sort of tsunami warning to or immediately after any long or strong earthquake.
Yellow Zone: The Yellow Zone is the evacuation zone for the most likely large scale tsunami in Taranaki. This may be from a tsunami sources less than one hour of travel time away from the mapped location. Evacuate this area if there is any sort of tsunami warning, whether that warning comes from unofficial sources, official warnings, or immediately after any long or strong earthquake. The earthquake may be the only warning of a tsunami, so do not wait for further instructions, notifications or advice, evacuate immediately to outside the evacuation zones after the shaking has stopped.
Purple Zone: The Purple Zone is the zone that would be evacuated during an extremely large Tsunami. This is the upper limits of what we expect in Taranaki and isn't very likely. In any tsunami, it's always best to get as high as you can or as far inland as possible to ensure your safety.