Rotorua police have praised staff and students at Waiariki Institute of Technology for their fast response to a bomb threat on campus.
A threat was phoned in to the Mokoia Drive campus on Tuesday afternoon alleging there was a bomb at the site.
Staff called 111 and then initiated an evacuation of all buildings on campus to designated safe areas.
Rotorua police prevention manager Inspector Ed Van Den Broek said it was a "textbook" response and meant should there had been a bomb, staff and students were already off site.
"The recommended action [in a bomb threat situation] is to activate emergency evacuation procedures," Mr Van Den Broek said.