Thousands of New Zealanders allowed to return home after tsunami alert

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Thousands of people have been told they can return home after being evacuated from coastal areas of New Zealand’s North Island in the wake of a powerful 8.1-magnitude earthquake and sunami warning.The New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) issued a national warning on Friday morning, saying people in many coastal are