Last night you might have received the fright of your life when your phone starting making an alarming noise.
Or you may have not.
Civil Defence sent out a test emergency alert to cellphones around the country between 6pm and 7pm last night, but it turns out that not everyone got it.
Civil Defence says that roughly 2 million Kiwis should have received the message, but if you didn't, there are possible explanations other than Civil Defence not caring about your life.
These could be why you didn't receive the alert: