People on the beach at Lyall Bay, Wellington, 31 July 2025. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii
The national tsunami advisory issued after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia has been cancelled.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said tsunami activity around New Zealand's coast has significantly decreased in the past two days.
However, it is warning that there still could be strong and unusual currents until Monday.
It said people should be cautious in and around the ocean and estuaries over the weekend.
Authorities have been reviewing the tsunami threat created by the huge earthquake off Russia two days ago.
Beach and marine tsunami conditions were observed across the east coast of New Zealand last night, but they have subsided to strong and unusual currents.
Meanwhile, NEMA is making no apologies for its decisions to send out alerts, during this week's tsunami threat.
Some people have complained they had too many alerts after the magnitude 8.8 quake that struck off Russia's coastline.
Others said they weren't notified and some were unhappy about receiving an audible alert at 6:30 in the morning.
NEMA spokesman Dave Gawn says emergency management has to think and act quickly on the best advice and public safety is non-negotiable.
He said for the best part of two days there was a genuine possibility people could have been swept away by fierce currents.
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