Her conclusions:“Auckland Emergency Management issues no social media alerts for four hours between about 6pm and 10pm​. Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty​ early on encourages Aucklanders to follow local official advice – but little to none arrives. “The best source of information is [Civil Defence Emergency Management] but there also needs to be clear comms from [Waka Kotahi],” he tweets. 9.50pm: Councillor Josephine Bartley tells Stuff that Mayor Wayne Brown has declared an emergency, although Brown, Auckland Council and Auckland Emergency Management have not confirmed this themselves. Meanwhile Wayne Brown continued to be beset by problems in handling something that is critical during a crisis, and that is media.

Source: Stuff January 29, 2023 21:10 UTC