Morning Report for Monday 14 November 2016

2:10 AM.Richard MacLean from Wellington City Council Wellington Police roading manager Mike Wright Hawke's Bay residents evacuated immediately Christine Kilkelly from NZQA. Hanmer Springs resident, Sarah… Read more Audio

2:15 AM.Update to official New Zealand tsunami warning. Audio

3:08 AM.Mike Clements from the police. Audio

3:15 AM.South Dunedin residents do not need to evacuate. However as a precaution Dunedin Civil Defence is evacuating parts of low lying communities. Audio

3:30 AM.The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM) has issued a tsunami warning (marine and land threat) from East Cape to Southland, including Wellington (which also includes the Cook… Read more Audio

3:40 AM.RNZ Hawkes Bay reporter Peter Fowler says if you're in Te Awanga get out of there and get to higher ground. Audio

3:50 AM.Wellington Airport has tweeted that it is open for morning flights. Audio

3:52 AM.First waves have hit. More are expected that may also be bigger. Stay away from coastal areas and beaches until further notice. Audio

3:55 AM.There have been some evacuations in Dunedin. Audio

3:58 AM.Christchurch has activated their emergency operations center. Audio

3:58 AM.An update on tsunami size. Audio

4:05 AM.Low lying areas around Christchurch started being evacuated around 2 this morning. Audio

4:10 AM.Accommodation for those stranded in Wellington CBD. Audio

4:15 AM.Timaru has begun to operate its District Council emergency operation centre and encourage people in low lying areas to evacuate. Audio

4:28 AM.Tsunami warning still in effect. Audio

4:35 AM.A live cross to the bunker at Parliament. Audio

4:40 AM.Road closures due to the overnight earthquakes and tsunami warning. Audio

6:05 AM.Our Visual Journalist Bex Parsons-King has been out in central Wellington. Audio

6:05 AM.Our Visual Journalist Bex Parsons-King has been out in central Wellington. Audio

6:10 AM.Victoria University seismologist Associate Professor John Townend is in the Wellington studio. Audio

6:15 AM.Our reporter Conan Young is near the quake's epicentre. Audio

6:20 AM.Hanmer Springs resident Sarah Black relates her experience of the earthquake. Audio

6:25 AM.Trains aren't running in Wellington today. Audio

6:35 AM.Victoria University seismologist Associate Professor John Townend is in the Wellington studio. Audio

6:40 AM.Wellington Police roading manager Mike Wright gives an update on the damage. Audio

6:42 AM.Howard Cook kept one arm around his wife and another holding on to his flatscreen television during the shake. Audio

6:45 AM.Anna Barrett, who was on holiday in Wellington from Bangkok with her Australian husband Tony and her daughter, is cutting short the family's trip because of the quake. Audio

6:50 AM.Business Editor Gyles Beckford live from Wellington central. Audio

6:50 AM.Many residents of the small Hawke's Bay coastal settlement of Te Awanga say they evacuated immediately after the quake because of the length and severity of the tremor. Audio

6:55 AM.Marlborough Boy's College teacher Ben Christian Audio

7:15 AM.Bella Swarbrick is near Waiau in Marlborough. Audio

7:25 AM.Victoria University seismologist Associate Professor John Townend is in the Wellington studio. Audio

7:25 AM.Wellington regional civil defence controller Bruce Peperell. Audio

7:25 AM.Steve Horrell lives just outside of Kaikoura. Audio

7:35 AM.Conan Young is in Culverden, near the quake's epicentre. Audio

7:36 AM.Reporter Phil Pennington is on Wellington's Lambton Quay. Audio

7:40 AM.Marlborough Principal Rural Fire Officer Richard McNamara. Audio

7:45 AM.Canterbury civil defence controller John Mackie. Audio

7:48 AM.Transit New Zealand has crews out assessing roads and bridges. Audio

7:55 AM.Reporter Tracey Neal is at an evacuation centre between Blenheim and Picton. Audio

7:57 AM.Seismolgist John Ristau on last night's earthquake. Audio

8:15 AM.Kiwirail Group General Manager of Network Services Todd Moyle is on the line. Audio

8:27 AM.Reporter Conan Young is near Amberley and has been near the epicentre in Hanmer Springs. Audio

8:30 AM.Reporter Phil Pennington has spent the night out and about in Wellington. Audio

8:35 AM.Peter Fowler reports from Napier. Audio

8:35 AM.Victoria University seismologist Associate Professor John Townend is in the Wellington studio. Audio

8:40 AM.District councillor Kevin Heays on the damage in Kaikoura. Audio

8:50 AM.Tracy Neal on the damage in Picton. Audio

8:53 AM.Mike Pryce on the latest from Wellington Harbour. Audio

8:57 AM.Advice for homeowners from the Insurance Council's Tim Grafton. Audio

8:58 AM.John Phillips gives an account of the damage in Hanmer. Audio