Today’s blog follows on from our previous blog entry about American USR teams being mocked and insulted as they left Christchurch airport, it may go some way to explaining why the teams were (unjustly) criticised and harangued. This is a discussion Cantabrians held in which some people criticised the American military stationed in Christchurch for…
The hardworking American Urban Search and Rescue teams were mocked and insulted as they waited at Christchurch airport for flights home. A reader sent us this link to a wry account, written by an American observer at the airport Ingrates I must say: I highly enjoyed watching the Kiwis (and Europeans) at the Christchurch airport…
Whilst the people of devastated Christchurch are still enduring aftershocks, other places in New Zealand have also been shaken by quakes in recent days. In addition to a number of recent quakes in Wellington there was a 4.9 magnitude shallow quake off Kaikoura yesterday that was widely felt on the east coast of the South…
Whilst Wellington City Council has made its list of 808 earthquake prone buildings available to the public, the new Auckland super city has refused to do the same. According to a report in today’s Herald one of the reasons is a fear that to do so may affect property values. Up to 412 commercial buildings…
Yesterday we covered United Future’s release of the list of Wellington’s 808 potentially earthquake prone buildings. Mr Dunne said “I do not think people will behave in a knee-jerk way with this information, but they do have a right to know and make informed decisions about whether they wish to be in buildings that are…
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