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Much of Wellington's central business district has been cordoned
off and offices evacuated over a bomb scare on Wednesday
afternoon.
The emergency began after a teller at the National Bank on
Featherston St was handed a note shortly before 3pm suggesting
there was a bomb in the building, a central police communications
spokesman said.
"We're using a police specialist search group to check the
premises, and the building has been evacuated," he said.
The police say they evacuated about 100 workers from the bank and used sniffer dogs and the specialist search group to clear the building.
The police cordon caused traffic chaos for commuters especially with public transport being limited.
Wellington police say they have no information available about the person who passed the note or any other details at this time.
