Tourism New Zealand is poised to ensure that New Zealand cashes in on the forthcoming Hobbit film release. After the surge in interest generated by the Lord of the Rings films (coming conveniently soon after the September 11 attacks in the US and Helen Clark cashing in by declaring New Zealand a “safe haven”) New Zealand…
Hours after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Opotiki rocked the Bay of Plenty, it has been revealed that magma is bubbling high within the Mount Tongariro volcano. Tests have revealed that magma is bubbling high inside Mount Tongariro, which could suggest a larger eruption is imminent. A series of samples have been tested since the volcano’s Te Mari crater erupted…
The quake drum at Tongariro is showing evidence of another rumble beneath the volcano this evening, shown as the small red blip at the bottom of the chart below. Last night’s eruption can be seen in the trace at the top of the chart. The tremor was also picked up on the Outere Drum which…
The North Island’s Mount Tongariro (Mount Doom of the Lord of the Rings movies) has erupted and an ash cloud is headed east. Ash deposits were later found to contain Fluorine which is toxic and often used in pesticides (including 1080: Sodium monofluoroacetate) If further falls of greater than 2 mm (0.08 of an inch) are…
Continuing our series of Migrant Tales – first hand accounts of the Migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale was first published on an expat blog and it contains a message from NZ immigration about the new Parent Category New parent category – beware 5 year wait if you’re…
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