Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems are used to detect earthquakes and provide advanced notice of strong shaking intensity, allowing people to take pre-emptive actions that benefit the health of infrastructure and the life-safety of the public. With the advancement of technical research of EEWs, there is also an increasing need to understand EEW's potential impacts on society. In this study, we investigated the perspectives of various sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand on EEW. We used focus groups and interviews with multiple sectors, including but not limited to utilities, infrastructure, emergency management, health and education. We found that participants generally supported the idea of EEW. Participants perceived EEW to provide benefits to (1) life-safety and health & safety (i.e. death and injury); (2) psychological preparedness; (3) activation of emergency plans and situational assessment; and (4) organisational and site-specific actions to reduce impacts and aid response and recovery. Furthermore, our findings also showed that despite support from the sectors, there are challenges in introducing and applying EEW. Participants acknowledged challenges that need to be addressed, such as: (1) users' confidence in the EEW system; (2) the threshold and delivery for sending warnings; and (3) the content and comprehension of an EEW message that would result in people taking appropriate or inappropriate action. As EEW technological research and deployment is rapidly advancing internationally, future research should keep in mind the societal benefits and challenges of EEW when looking to develop useful sectoral applications.

地震预警（EEW）系统用于检测地震并提供强烈震动强度的提前通知，使人们能够采取先发制人的行动，从而有益于基础设施的健康和公众的生命安全。随着EEW技术研究的发展，人们越来越需要了解EEW对社会的潜在影响。在这项研究中，我们调查了新西兰Aotearoa对EEW各个部门的看法。我们使用了焦点小组和对多个部门的访谈，包括但不限于公用事业，基础设施，应急管理，卫生和教育。我们发现，参与者普遍支持EEW的想法。参加者认为EEW可以为（1）生命安全，健康与安全（即死亡和伤害）提供好处；（2）心理准备；（三）启动应急预案和态势评估；（4）采取组织和针对特定地点的行动以减少影响并帮助响应和恢复。此外，我们的研究结果还表明，尽管得到了各部门的支持，但在引进和应用EEW方面仍存在挑战。与会者承认需要解决的挑战，例如：（1）用户对EEW系统的信心；（二）发出警告的门槛和交付方式；（3）EEW消息的内容和理解会导致人们采取适当或不适当的行动。随着EEW技术研究和部署在国际上迅速发展，未来的研究应在寻求开发有用的部门应用程序时牢记EEW的社会利益和挑战。