Christchurch Rebuild Stalls As Problems Mount

Unless Christchurch’s insurance woes and other problems are sorted out soon there may be a negative  impact on national unemployment. There are already signs that the job market in Canterbury has dropped dramatically and unemployment rates may climb as a result. Our advice to people planning to move to Christchurch is to wait until you…

Another Quake Rocks Christchurch

Another quake has rocked Christchurch this morning, details from Geonet.org are as follows. The 4.5 magnitude was the second quake in the area this morning and was felt from Christchurch to Timaru. Reference Number 3577039 [View event in Google Maps][View Felt Reports in Google Maps] Universal Time September 10 2011 at 23:19 NZ Standard Time…

Why We Left New Zealand

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first had accounts of the migrant experience in New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale was sent in by a reader and it was first published on Blogspot. The author moved to Christchurch shortly before the deadly February quake, her partner planning to study at…

Moon Man Predicts Big Quake During World Cup Rugby

With the first anniversary of the 4 September Christchurch earthquake fast approaching, amateur weather and earthquake predictor, Ken Ring, has forecast another big shake during the period 23-28th September. Ken Ring, who uses the position of the moon to predict earthquakes claimed to have some success with his forecasts (read more on Wikipedia) He wrote…