Former All Black and Rugby Sevens captain Eric Rush is more used to dodging rampaging wingers than tumbling groceries - but that isn't stopping him taking part in a worldwide earthquake drill today.
As of noon yesterday, just under 32,000 Northlanders had registered to take part in ShakeOut.
Of those, just over half are in the Whangarei District. The majority - more than 18,000 - are children who will take part in the drill at school.
The aim of ShakeOut, which will take place at 9.15am today, is to practise what to do when an earthquake hits.
Far North Mayor John Carter said Northland had low seismic activity so many people mistakenly thought they had little to worry about.