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The Guardian
15 July 2022
Antarctica
The great white continent of Antarctica has been awash in dazzling pink and plum hues, thanks to the “afterglow” effect of the Tongan eruption.The unusually fiery skies have already been reported across New Zealand and Australia in the ...
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Natural Hazards
The Guardian
03 August 2020
New Zealand
New research has found extreme melting of the country’s glaciers in 2018 was at least ten times more likely due to human-caused global heating.Twice a year, glaciologist Lauren Vargo and her colleagues set up camp beside two small lakes close ...
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Advanced Knowledge
A strong earthquake has struck near northern Canterbury early this morning.The 5.1 magnitude quake hit just before 4.30am, about 10km north-west of Culverden.GeoNet, who initially said it was a 4.9 magnitude event, said it happened at a depth ...
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Disasters & Failures
Stuff.co.nz
14 December 2019
New Zealand
EXPLAINER: Following the deadly eruption at Whakaari/ White Island, New Zealand's volcanoes are in the spotlight.New Zealand has 12 active volcanoes which are monitored by Kiwi scientists.Whakaari/ White Island is one of them, and is currently ...
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Disasters & Failures
The Guardian
09 December 2019
New Zealand
Five people have died and eight are still missing after an eruption on a volcanic island in New Zealand, the country’s prime minister has said.Jacinda Ardern confirmed that New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the US, Britain, China and ...
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Disasters & Failures
A swarm of earthquakes has been triggered off the North Island's east coast by a large seismic event similar to what preceded the 2011 Japanese quake and tsunami.GNS Science has confirmed one of the largest "slow-slips" ever observed in New Zealand ...
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Advanced Knowledge
The Sudney Morning Herald
30 October 2018
New Zealand
Wellington: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Zealand's North Island on Tuesday, prompting the suspension of Parliament.Residents across the capital Wellington and in the city of New Plymouth were rattled by the 227km-deep tremor.
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Disasters & Failures
RT Question More
24 June 2018
New Zealand
A New Zealand motorist had a remarkably lucky escape after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a powerful landslide – and still managed to film the dramatic brush with death.
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Disasters & Failures
The developers of what's been dubbed the biggest tourist attraction in New Zealand say it could open in six months, if Auckland Council get its act together.
Four kilometres of tunnels sit unused under the CBD's Albert Park, with plans to develop ...
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Construction News
A town centre association on the North Shore estimates businesses are losing millions of dollars a year because of problems with a slip-prone car park.
Part of the carpark in Birkenhead slipped down a valley after months of heavy rain and the council ...
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Disasters & Failures