Dom's Place not to be

Place NOT to be: Wellington.
Something happened in the capital which sounds funny now but at the time must have been quite frightening.
Imagine this: You are on the phone to your mum who lives in Wellington. Mid-sentence your mum screams and then the phone goes dead. You try to phone back but just get the engaged tone. What would you immediately do?
(Phone 111, of course)
This is exactly what happened when a girl in Sydney was talking with her mum in Wellington. Fearing the worst the girl called the Australian police who immediately contacted New Zealand 111 staff who then sent police and ambulance to the address.
Luckily, the emergency callout was unnecessary. Mum had just freaked out when she saw a mouse on the lino. She then dropped the phone and sealed the kitchen shut so that the mouse would be trapped in there.
So Wellington, where Stuart Little caused a big problem, that is New Zealands place NOT to be today.