Kia ora.
Sleep easy,
we'll keep watch.
Ready Kiwi is a live multi-hazard alert service for Aotearoa. Earthquakes, tsunamis, severe weather, volcanic activity, road closures, and Civil Defence advisories — pulled from official monitoring networks. Check your area free in any browser — the mobile apps are coming soon.
Six hazards. One app.
Aotearoa sits on the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire and gets its weather thrown around by both poles. We track every kind of trouble the islands can throw at you — so you don't have to juggle a stack of single-purpose apps.
Designed for the moments
that matter most.
When the ground starts shaking, you don't want to fumble with menus. Ready Kiwi puts the right information in front of you — fast, calm, and actually readable.
Hyper-local by default
Set radius alerts around home, work, and the bach. Get only what's relevant — and skip the rest.
Straight from the source
We pull directly from official monitoring agencies — no scraping, no aggregation layer, no middlemen between you and the people whose job it is to know.
Calm under pressure
Clear typography, generous spacing, and only the data you need. We'll never bombard you with red walls of text.
Asks for less
Designed around the minimum permissions needed to deliver alerts. We don't collect your name, and we keep what we do collect to the bare essentials.
Get back to actually enjoying Aotearoa.
We'll watch the weather.
━━ The whole point of the app, really.
Built here.
Built for here.
Most disaster apps are built for somewhere else and then bolted onto NZ. Ready Kiwi was designed from the ground up for Aotearoa's specific cocktail of hazards — and the people who live with them every day.
No middlemen
Straight from GeoNet, MetService, NEMA, PTWC and Civil Defence — the official sources, ingested directly. No third-party scraping, no aggregator slowing things down.
Free for everyone
Hazard alerts shouldn't sit behind a paywall. The core experience — every alert type, every region — will always be free.
Reports from your patch
Official feeds tell you what should be happening. Community reports tell you what's actually happening on your street. See real-time neighbour check-ins (flooding, slips, power outages) anonymised at suburb level.
Aggregating the Feeds
| Hazard / Feature | GeoNet | MetService | Civil Defence / NEMA | Waka Kotahi (NZTA) | Ready Kiwi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquakes & Volcanoes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (GeoNet Feed) |
| Severe Weather Warnings | No | Yes | No | No | Yes (MetService Feed) |
| Civil Defence Alerts | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (NEMA/CAP Feed) |
| Tsunami Bulletins | No | No | Yes (NZ Coast) | No | Yes (PTWC & NEMA) |
| Road Closures & Delays | No | No | No | Yes | Yes (NZTA Feed) |
| Location-Fenced Alerts | No | No | No | No | Yes (Fenced to your spot) |
| Crowd-Sourced Reports | Felt Reports only | No | No | No | Yes (Suburb-level maps) |
Got
questions?
Is there a mobile app?
The full web app is live right now — free, in any browser, with nothing to install. The iOS and Android apps are launching soon; until then the web version does everything the app will, so you're not waiting on anything.
Is it actually free?
Yes — and the core hazard alerts will always be free. Hazard alerts shouldn't sit behind a paywall. If we ever introduce paid features down the track, they'd be optional extras that don't affect the core alerting experience.
How fast are the alerts?
As fast as the upstream sources publish them. We pull directly from official providers — GeoNet, MetService, NEMA, PTWC and Civil Defence — with no aggregation layer in between. Whatever those official feeds put out, that's what hits your phone.
Where does the data come from?
Official NZ and Pacific sources. GeoNet for earthquakes and volcanic activity, MetService for severe weather, PTWC for Pacific tsunami warnings, and NEMA / Civil Defence groups for emergency advisories. Ready Kiwi is a delivery layer for trustworthy, government-issued information.
Does it replace the Emergency Mobile Alert system?
No — Ready Kiwi is a complement. EMA is a one-way broadcast for life-threatening situations and you should always have it switched on. Ready Kiwi gives you a richer, customisable layer on top: smaller events, advisory-level information, and personalised alerts that EMA can't do.
How does community reporting work?
When you're inside an affected area — say a red weather warning has hit your suburb, or a quake has just been registered nearby — Ready Kiwi gives you a quick way to report what you're seeing. Flooding, power outages, "no impact," shaking levels, and so on. Reports are grouped at the suburb level (never tied to you personally) and shown on a map so neighbours can see what's actually happening on the ground. It's off everywhere else.
What about my privacy?
Privacy is a priority. We collect zero identifying information, sell no data, and run zero marketing trackers. Your places and coordinates stay purely on-device. Read our plain-language Privacy Policy for full details.
How can we improve?
Please briefly tell us why the AI summary was unhelpful. This feedback is anonymous.
How do you want to check?
Two ways into the same live data.