Government ponders Auckland backup for Beehive emergency management centreMONIQUE FORD / FAIRFAX NZ The inside of the National Crisis Management Centre, underneath the Beehive, comes alive during an emergency, says national controller David Coetzee. Fears a large Wellington earthquake could cut off access to the Beehive have caused the Ministry of Defence to investigate having an alternative National Crisis Management Centre in Auckland. ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Civil Defence and Emergency Management director Sarah Stuart-Black at the National Crisis Management Centre underneath the Beehive. MONIQUE FORD/STUFF National Crisis Management Centre controller David Coetzee on the stairway down to the emergency "bunker" underneath the Beehive. The National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington is also often used for media briefings in the wake of an emergency.

Source: Stuff December 14, 2017 01:18 UTC