21 thoughts on “‘Severe’ 7.5 Earthquake Hits Near Hanmer Springs, South Island. Tide Drops 2.5 metres at Kaikoura, Areas of Wellington and Christchurch Evacuated”

1. The corruption begins again today ,government fast tracking immigrant visas fo quake repairs ,same game.

   • You called it. It’s a massive scam. What you explained was/is rampant in chch since the eq. I take my hat of to you for still being in the building trade. From my perspective that whole industry is f%=÷ed (along with civils now) and is on a race to the bottom. I would rather be an accountant because at least you get paid.

2. Also to put this in perspective ,my accountant charges $300 per hour and has spent less time learning his craft than I have ,my accountant sits on his fat ass all day while I at 50 years old work physically and knowleglably ,good luck when the milleneuals mature and see even less worth in physical work than the current idiots do ,I guess robots will build and maintain their houses.

   • mcleodkiwitony,

     Couldn’t ignore that comment. I’m not sure of the situation in NZ, in Australia qualified accountants are required to attend courses throughout their professional careers. They don’t learn their craft and then sit on their arses all day.

     I’m a retired CPA btw.

     • Haha sorry but we as builders are also required to spend countless unpaid hours upgrading our craft to meet bullshit health and safety requirements and to my friend Nebula ,$65 per hour is a charge out rate and by no means represents take home pay

3. This earthquake must be great news for Fletcher Construction ,these assholes are the N.Z protected corporation sanctioned to take every single rebuild contract and then fuck it up,they are “authorised” and have huge office staff and political connections ,they again will scream out for immigrants willing to work for $15 per hour ,don’t be fooled Fletchers will charge the govt $150 per hour and you won’t even be able to pay your electric and fuel bills .I have over 30 years in the building industry,my roommate has about 17 years we are qualified builders ready to work however we will not work for Fletchers for $25 per hour rebuilding anything when we are already getting $65 ph in our home towns which is really only just above a living wage,I know qualified people who couldn’t give a shit about the earthquake rebuild as they know they will just get screwed by the N.Z corporations who are buddies up with John Key and co.If you are a real idiot you will respond to the cry for overseas builders which will no doubt come in the next week or so lol ,please come here and work for nothing .BEWARE

   • $65 an hour? Shit. I’m on $15.50 per hour doing a shitty full time security job. Living the dream!

   • You nailed it. But we are not talking about corruption, are we? There is no such thing in “corruption- free” NZ.

4. Yeh was great fun at midnight as i fell asleep to be shaken for 3 mins. Ughhhh. The hell here never ends.

   • Amen. I awoke to everything falling around me in my room and this thunderous rolling that lasted what felt like 2 minutes. The aftershocks now 13 hours later are still in the 5.5 range and come about ever 5 minutes. Wow. I’m in Marlborough.

     • It’s horrible isnt it?

   • Hey E2NZ. Thanks for asking. I sure have. Was a horrible reminder of 2011. It’s like this whole place doesn’t want you here, all these signs saying GTFO!!!

     Yeh still living in my car, altho i do sleep a few nights a week at a friends house and i was there last night. It’s an upstair flat so it shook really badly. It didn’t feel right at all so I ran out with just my boxer shorts and socks on into the street where i met other panicked neighbours running out lol.. I was out of there like Usain Bolt! Haha.

     Couldn’t sleep very well after that. Think im gunna stick to sleeping in my car all the time now, much safer!

     • Cheers.

     • Living the dream mate,freedom camping everyday !

       • Yeh mate, and no woman to annoy me! High five! Hahaha.

5. At least 5 residents homes robbed after they evacuated ,very quick response time by local thieves

   • Seriously? How low can some people get? Scum.

   • If it’s called Looting and prosecuted in the same way,
     maybe
     social “harmony”(actually an enforcement-criminal compact) will be disrupted.
     The “harmony” is maintained when some people are allowed to victimise others(especially newcomers or long-timers with few to no relatives), because stopping or curtailing the behaviour may cause a backlash that the police are ill-equipped to deal with.
     So to protect their earner, keep the workload low AND present the image of a peaceful, low-crime country …
     the victims need to accept that “the bill must come due” (as Baron Mordo said).

     Some people are also reluctant to speak out because they “may be sued by the person who victimised them”
     (hunting for that article, I remember seeing that).

     You can see examples of this type of sinister agreement in Logan’s Run and Soylent Green … besides just Godzone.

6. It was a biggun alright, I’m in the rural Manawatu and the house was rocking and rolling for about a minute, really thought it was our turn. I’ve never felt on so strong nor go for so long. After-shocks rumbled on for a good couple of hours but deep and slow.

7. No doubt our mate from Kaikoura will save the day. Joking aside, I find it somewhat disconcerting that an earthquake in the South Island would cause power outages as far north as New Plymouth and fairly significant damage in Wellington. New Zealand is poorly prepared for earthquakes despite the obvious risk. If something like this were to strike closer to a major population centre, then I suspect the loss of life would be staggering.

   • Redundancies cost money – and to add more speculation, could they have predicted this happening?
     And if they could, why or why not release that information?
     Otherwise all that is (referring to the seismographs), is just a bunch of sensors keeping track of when the quakes happened.

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