Tsunami watch - a frustrating night of ever-changing advice1 NEWS Dozens headed to Tua Marina Waikakaho Memorial Hall near Blenheim shortly after midnight when the earthquake struck. A Blenheim friend asked if there was a tsunami warning. My partner was already under the covers when simultaneous texts from my mother and aunt mentioning a South Coast warning made me linger. Nikki Macdonald The Owhiro Bay tsunami safe zone marker, beside which we parked up for the night. Dog walkers were about the only ones out and about on the South Coast the morning after.

Source: Stuff November 14, 2016 01:25 UTC