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++ Community Information ++
Here's a little information for the newbies to our community to hopefully help with some of the more unusual things when living in a rural community.
+ Air raid sounding siren - Like the surrounding communities around Orere Point, our fire station is made up of volunteers. We have the siren on the station which is the most reliable and then pager and phone app. Depending on where in the village our team live the pager and phone app can be unreliable. The siren is also a great reassurance to those who have called for help and they know we are coming. FYI - The siren is not connected to a tsunami alert system. Our siren is battery backed up, so will work during power cuts.
+ We do have a cell tower servicing Orere Point which does have a battery back up when we have a long power outage. Each provider have different battery back ups and last different amounts of time. Can be up to 4 - 6 hours. Once the cell tower has lost power you can still get cell phone coverage down the beach. FYI - There is a public phone on the other side of the drive way down to the camp ground from the general store.
+ The roads around Orere Point, and generally in all rural areas, flood very easily during weather events. Also the area can be affected by slips and trees blocking roads. Please drive with caution. Reminder that any time there can be stock on rural roads.
+ Auckland Emergency Management - During emergencies like major weather events, please monitor any relative emergency services like https://www.facebook.com/aklcdem
+ Very important info - Every Christmas Eve we pick up Santa from the north pole and bring him around OP with lollies for the little and big kids of the community. Suggest you have water pistols fully loaded and ready.
