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Civil Defence Hutt City updated 1:30 pm Fri 28 Mar
There are no alerts for Lower Hutt
Hutt City Council Alerts updated 1:45 pm Fri 28 Mar
GIS and Mapping systems outage Our GIS and Mapping Services will be undergoing routine maintenance on Saturday 29 March 2025 from 8:00am - 3:00pm. Read more

Toxic Algae Warning Amber alerts are in place for parts of the Hutt River. Read more
Eastbourne callouts updated 1:05 pm Fri 28 Mar
Sat 22 Mar 10:42am - Eastbourne, - (responded) Eastbourne (for) Minor
Seaview recent callouts updated 1:07 pm Fri 28 Mar
Thu 27 Mar 6:30pm - Petone, - (responded) Seaview, Avalon (for) Minor
Thu 27 Mar 11:37am - Wainuiomata, - (responded) Wainuiomata, Seaview (for) Ambulance request fire assist
Thu 27 Mar 7:00am - Waiwhetu, - (responded) Seaview, Avalon (for) Motor vehicle crash (rescue)
Mon 24 Mar 7:07pm - Kilbirnie, Wellington City - (responded) Seaview, Johnsonville (for) Training exercise
Mon 24 Mar 11:10am - Wainuiomata, - (responded) Seaview, Avalon (for) Motor vehicle crash
Geonet: recent earthquakes near Eastbourne updated 1:06 pm Fri 28 Mar
4.4 - (moderate) 66.6 km North of Eastbourne at 12:59 pm Fri 28 Mar (confirmed)
East Harbour Parks Status updated 1:10 pm Fri 28 Mar
VERY HIGH Fire Risk - Parangarahu Lakes and Baring Head/Orua-pouanuiAlerts, Notices and restrictions can be found here
Ballot Hunting in the Northern Forest: 29 March to 29 April Alerts, Notices and restrictions can be found here

Community Emergency Hubs are pre-identified places for the community to coordinate our efforts to help each other during and after a disaster. They are opened by people like you in your community, not official staff, when there is need for the community to help itself.

Eastern Bays have 3 officially designated community hubs:

Hub Guide update form – notice any changes or additions needed? Send us your comments using this form.

Sea level rise

Eastbourne is a coastal community, our single road access at sea-level makes us vulnerable to storm events and also sea level rise in the future.

Find out more about sea level rise https://www.searise.nz/

Eastern Bays Climate Change Response Network has been recently initiated to coordinate a local response to the issues of climate change, particularly in our case, sea level rise. There are videos and reports of meetings here and updates will be added.

Earthquakes

Being close to the Alpine Fault line and the Hikorangi Fault Eastern bays are also vulnerable to both earthquakes and tsunami hazards. This animated report (https://faultlines.nz/)  gives a very good overview of the Alpine Fault and how it may affect us.