Photo: Stephen JaquieryA Civil Defence overhaul is inevitable following confusion over tsunami warnings after Monday's earthquake, the Government says. Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee indicated to Fairfax emergency management systems may be changed to make sure the same issues do not happen again. there's no hiding from this by Civil Defence, they recognise that it wasn't, as they say, crisp, and they've got work to do,'' he said. He said it was ``inevitable'' there would be changes to Civil Defence's structure after the problems. A national, cellphone-based early warning system for natural disasters was also on its way.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 17, 2016 07:29 UTC