Green Light For GE Pines At Rotorua

New Zealand’s carefully cultivated Clean, Green, 100% Pure image has taken another hit with the announcement that genetically engineered pine trees at to be planted at Rotorua. Consent has been given to plant thousands of the trees over the next 25 years, despite the risk of contaminating the district with GE pine pollen. The plantings…

Migrant Tales – New Zealand Expo, No It Wasn’t

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first had account of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale is taken from a great blog called Movingtonewzealandblog.com and the author tells of his experience of an emigration fair held in Britain on 27 March 2011. We wish the author…

Kermadec Quake Shakes New Zealand

The quake detected on the drum at Urewera in the Bay of Plenty A large 6.4 magnitude Kermadec Trench earthquake shook New Zealand in the early hours of this morning. The quake occurred at a depth of 33 km and was widely felt from Auckland to as far south as Dunedin Data from Geonet: Reference…

Magnitude 5 Quake Rocks North Island, Heard In South

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…