Six out of 10 New Zealanders received a test emergency alert message sent out mobile phones by Civil Defence at the end of November last year.
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Minister of Civil Defence Kris Faafoi said that was almost twice the number of people who received it in a 2017 trial.
Civil Defence has been working to make sure more mobile handsets receive the alerts.
Mr Faafoi said more New Zealanders than ever were capable of getting a heads-up in an emergency.
The reach rises to seven out of 10 people, when it includes both those who directly received the message themselves and those who didn't but were near somebody who did.
