New Zealand will be holding its largest ever Earthquake Drill ever on 26th September at 09.26am.
The target is to have at least 1 million people signed up by this time. With 2 months to go,a total of more than 250000 have already signed up.
Some of the biggest companies have already signed up, and these include Air New Zealand, The Warehouse,Powerco and Fonterra.
It is easy to join. Click on the link Shakeout,govt.nz to enroll. This page also gives a lot of useful information about the event.
Also the following link takes you to the Civil Defence Web page where additional information is provided and a the history behind the event. The link to the Shake Out Page is also available on this page.
Civil Defence NZ.
It is important that people are aware of what they need to do in the event of a earthquake. So take time to read the above info and try and get others to get involved.
Updates will follow when they become available.
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