Region Warnings and Alerts (Beta)

What this tool offers

This tool takes national emergency updates and shows only the ones that affect your local area. It’s made for councils and hapori (communities), and is fast to load, easy to add to your website, and knows where alerts actually apply, using real map boundaries instead of estimates.

Live demos coming soon

We’re working on sample versions of this tool for different councils and rohe (regions), using real past alert data. Want to see how it could work for your area?

Key features

• 🛰 Real-time alert detection: Automatically checks for new warnings from MetService and Civil Defence using CAP feeds (official emergency alert format), so updates appear as soon as they’re issued.
• 🗺 Geospatial filtering: Shows alerts only when they affect specific areas, using accurate map boundaries (called GeoJSON) instead of broad regions or guesses.
• 🧭 Custom map zones: Can show alerts for your local areas like marae (meeting house) , suburbs, or iwi (tribal) boundaries, using defined map layers.
• 🧰 Flexible settings: You can turn alert sources, filters, and display options on or off using simple settings, no coding needed.
• 🧾 Clear, easy to scan display: Takes the complex raw data and turns it into clear, easy-to-scan summaries with helpful details and plain language.
• 🔁 Serverless & lightweight: No Server Needed, Easy to Set Up Runs entirely in your browser using simple HTML and JavaScript, no special server or backend systems required
• 🧪 Test feed support: Plug in old alerts for training, demos, or scenario testing
• 🖼 Embeddable UI: Add the alert panel directly to your site. It adjusts to fit your layout.
• 🌐 Multi-organisation ready: Adaptable for use by other councils, agencies, or partner websites

See it in action

Tap the ⚠️ icon in the lower right corner to activate the alerts panel.

GitHub

The code, updates, and setup guides for this tool will be available in the official GitHub repository once it’s released.