Continuing in our series of What Kiwis Say About New Zealand, an inside look at what Kiwis really think about New Zealand, and a great chance to have a look at the country as they see it. This one starts with a fairly simple dilemma that a lot of families are faced with – what…
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.…
Back in February we wrote about the killing of Christchurch pensioner Gaynor White, and of how her murder highlighted mental health issues in New Zealand. Shaun Skilling, the man who battered to death the 62 year old widow in her own home, was said to have had a history of mental health problems. When his…
The Press is reporting that there was a sharp rise in “burglaries” following the quakes that hit Canterbury and Christchurch. Reports of looting (“police staff in the city centre have clamped down on any reports of looting“) have been largely suppressed since the quakes started but it has just been confirmed that there’s been a…
The Press has reported that an Irish couple has been held to ransom for the return of their flash drives, stolen during a robbery over the Labour weekend. The couple lef t their Springfield, Christchurch residence for a holiday in Mount Cook and returned to find their laptop, an harmonica and flash drives containing 9…
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