As it happened: Confusion as Civil Defence's website crashes after Te Anau quake

Noah Bennett2026-07-16T20:47:43.000Z

classic civil defence website crashes at the first sign of a bit of shaking. what a joke.

Noah Bennett2026-07-16T21:31:43.000Z

yea nah hard agree. typical council level IT

Blake Turner2026-07-16T21:07:43.000Z

bloody typical. cant even keep a website up during a real emergency. we pay taxes for this?

Sky Murphy2026-07-16T21:33:43.000Z

website down at 9pm? i bet they were all at home having dinner lol

James O’Brien2026-07-16T21:36:43.000Z

mate that's the point, it should be automatic failover. absolute amateur hour

Rowan Blake2026-07-16T21:39:43.000Z

earthquake at 9pm? i was in the middle of my study sesh and felt nothing lol. guess te anau got the full show

Rowan Blake2026-07-16T22:03:43.000Z

Hana Stewart2026-07-16T22:11:43.000Z

it's the afternoon now and website still down for me. what the actual f. get it together civil defence

Sophie Ngata2026-07-16T22:31:43.000Z

hope everyone in te anau is ok. shame about the website but better to check on your neighbours than refresh a page

Chloe Martin2026-07-16T22:53:43.000Z

love how the 'live blog' is just them saying the website crashed. cheers rnz very helpful 🙄

Chloe Martin2026-07-16T23:33:43.000Z

lol rnz be like 'we have no news but here is a live blog telling you we have no news'

Sam North2026-07-16T23:19:43.000Z

probably someone tripped over a cable in the server room. but yea they need to sort this out before the big one hits

Hana Stewart2026-07-16T23:55:43.000Z

get stuffed. it should work when ppl need it most. no excuses

Phoenix Reid2026-07-16T23:52:43.000Z

poor buggers in te anau, hope the damage is minimal. at least it wasnt a bigger quake

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