A large magnitude 5 earthquake rocked the North Island at 11.15pm on 16 April. It was centred 10km west of Tokoroa at a depth of 150km. From Geonet Reference Number 3497976 Universal Time April 16 2011 at 11:15 NZ Standard Time Saturday, April 16 2011 at 11:15 pm Latitude, Longitude 38.26°S, 175.99°E Focal Depth 190…
Update – A fresh quake strikes on morning of 30 April, scroll down The long suffering residents of Christchurch endured another strong aftershock this afternoon, 16 April 2011. A magnitude 5.3 quake, 10km northeast of Diamond Harbour at a depth of 11km, was felt strongly in the city, according to a GNS report quoted on…
Father of Emily Jordan, the British tourist drowned in a river boarding ‘accident’ in New Zealand, has told reporters that an inquest into his daughter’s death is to be held at long last. But it is to be heard in Britain. According to the Southland Times (emphasis ours) …Ms Jordan’s father, Chris Jordan, speaking from…
A matter of days ago the NZ Herald faithfully, and with a straight-face, reproduced Barfoot and Tompson’s report that Auckland’s residential property market in March was at a four year high, exceeding “anything we’d ever experienced” according to Barfoot’s managing director Peter Thompson (read “Auckland house sales reach four year high“) Apparently the average selling…
An yellow alert was recently issued to aviation following increased signs of activity at Mount Ruapehu – one of New Zealand’s active volcanoes. Read “Mount Ruapehu Heating Up” Today a press release was issued by Massey University in which it was revealed that a real-time doppler radar system is to be installed at the volcano…
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