A reminder today that violent crime continues unabated in most of New Zealand’s small communities, large towns and cities. This is the real middle earth, more Orc than Hobbit. The Manawatu Standard‘s headline: Father and son pulled from ute and attacked with baseball bats in Palmerston North A man and his teenage son were the victims…
Moving to Christchurch to help out with the rebuild? Take care when looking for rental accommodation. According to a report by Stuff, owners of quake damaged properties that have been written off by insurance companies are selling off their investments for no more than the price of the section (land) rather than using insurance payouts to repair…
A magnitude 5.5 quake rocked Christchurch today at 1pm local time, it was followed eight minutes later by a second quake that measured 4.4. Geonet recorded the quake, with the epicentre just off the beach at Sumner. Reference Number 3528810 Universal Time June 13 2011 at 1:00 NZ Standard Time Monday, June 13 2011 at…
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