Ōrewa keeps tsunami sirens

Ōrewa’s tsunami sirens, pictured being installed three years ago, will remain when Auckland Council decommissions the rest of the network in December.

The Meerkat tsunami siren warning systems in Waiwera, Omaha, Point Wells and Whangateau are among those that will be decommissioned by Auckland Council on December 1.

However, the two Barton Sounds sirens in Ōrewa, the only ones of their type in Auckland, will not be decommissioned as they are constructed differently and are not being vandalised. 

Council believes the Meerkat sirens have reached their use-by date and are too costl...

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