Re: Calls for a new warning system for tsunamis in the Tauranga area after the Kaikoura earthquake. We all have a very efficient warning system in our homes and workplaces. It is called a telephone! I believe it would be a simple task for the telephone operators to send a warning call to all persons living or working in the danger zone of a tidal wave. This would be actioned by the emergency service and sent to the area under threat. The telephone is the best and most reliable system we have. If we have a close earthquake, which destroys our telephone system, you will be wide awake and moving!

K Evans, Tauranga City.