Tsunami
No tsunami threat to New Zealand
Sunday 16 Jun - last updated 11:45 am
The beach and marine tsunami warning has been cancelled.
There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand following the magnitude 7.0 Kermadec Islands region earthquake at 10.55am.
Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will pose a threat to New Zealand.
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