The sixth largest earthquake since the magnitude 7.1 September 4th quake, struck Canterbury this morning, forcing shops near the epicentre to close. The magnitude 5.5 quake hit at 9.09am and was centred 20km south west of Christchurch near Rolleston at a depth of 15 km. It was felt widely over the South Island and as…
Most of New Zealand’s universities have continue to slide further down a major international league table after again failing to be placed in the world’s top 50 universities. The QS World University Rankings 2010/2011 have just been published. No New Zealand university made it to the top 50 and only one was placed in the…
Various media outlets are today carrying a story about the release of a new report from the Prime Minister’s chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, called Improving the Transition. Reducing Social and Psychological Morbidity During Adolescence. This is how Stuff started its coverage of the report NZ teens at ‘unprecedented risk’ – report Adolescents growing…
If you are thinking about emigrating to New Zealand now The Battle of the Student Loans should be enough in itself to stop you from going. Of course if you have children with no aspirations involving higher or further education this won’t be an issue, you can probably stop reading now. However, the chances are…
New Zealand has fallen behind Iceland in this year’s Vision of Humanity Global Peace Index. Read a brief report about it here and find out what Kiwis are saying about it. What can be done to halt the decline? Guidance is provided in the 2011 GPI Discussion Paper How can New Zealand further improve its…
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