Christchurch’s seismic activity was known about as far back as 1995, as this extract from Environmental and Engineering Geoscience; November 1995; v. 1; no. 4; p. 427-488 demonstrates. Its incredible that housing developments were permitted on areas likely to suffer from liquefaction. It is not surprising that so many homes were damaged in some areas.…
New Zealand is leading the OECD in another one of those quality-of-life type surveys, only this one isn’t something you’ll hear too much bragging about at the emigration fairs. If you are emigrating to New Zealand and have older children (aged 15-24) in your family you owe it to them to find out more what…
There have been shallow and powerful earthquakes in Christchurch this morning that sent Boxing Day shoppers running for cover, they also caused power outages to around 40,000 premises in the central business district Papanui, St Albans, Fendalton and other parts of the city. The store Ballantyne’s has been damaged with a lot of broken glass…
Below is a recent press release from Transparency International, further evidence that NZ is rapidly losing the perception that it is a country that is free from corruption. The NZ Parliament and the private sector are viewed by Kiwis as the most corrupt institutions in New Zealand, with 4% of New Zealanders admitting to paying…
Today’s Herald is reporting on British couple Dean and Tabitha Forbes who lost most of their possessions whilst on a pre-emigration trip to Auckland, New Zealand. Mr Forbes, from Suffolk in England, had been offered a position as an aircraft engineer at Ardmore Airport. Mrs Forbes, who works in IT, was still looking for a…
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