A TVNZ report has highlighted the shocking state of Auckland’s train system, which failed on the opening night of the rugby world cup, resulting in hundreds (thousands?) of fans missing the opening ceremony and match: “Third World rail system The scenes of rail chaos in Auckland on Friday night back up the findings of the …
Colonial journalists have been labelled Whingers by a NZ Herald columnist Dylan Weaver in his World Cup Weekend Wrap Among the brickbats and bouquets was a special mention for those jumped-up journos who dared to ignore the mysterious “lecture from high on how to portray the country in a positive light” no doubt risking their…
First it was the Auckland transport chaos on the opening night of the rugby world cup, now it’s a collapse of a stairwell in a central Auckland shopping mall undergoing renovation work. In New Zealand for the rugby and thinking of responding to the spam? the following may be of interest to you. LATEST: Three…
Another quake has rocked Christchurch this morning, details from Geonet.org are as follows. The 4.5 magnitude was the second quake in the area this morning and was felt from Christchurch to Timaru. Reference Number 3577039 [View event in Google Maps][View Felt Reports in Google Maps] Universal Time September 10 2011 at 23:19 NZ Standard Time…
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority knew in July 2009 that there was going to be over demand for services during the world cup and warned against complacency. The report, released under the official information act, showed that more than four times the normal demand would be placed on public transport in the city during the…
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