Kaikoura is turning into the Marlborough equivalent of Christchurch’s eastern suburbs, a residential area that was affected badly during the Christchurch earthquakes. And it looks as if the same, tired solutions will be used in Kaikoura that were used in Christchurch: people are likely to be homed in expensive caravans and mobile homes that will…
All Havelock North schools have now closed because of the widespread illness caused by the town’s contaminated water supply. Lucknow School, Te Mata Primary, Havelock North Primary, Havelock North Intermediate and Havelock North High School closed yesterday after an emergency meeting between the e Ministry of Education, principals and board chairmen. The Red Cross…
Yesterday we told you how a brand of NZ water marketed as ‘100% Pure’ failed stringent Chinese quality tests for nitrites, today we’re bringing you another type of Miracle Water – it will be a miracle if you can stomach drinking it. Spare a thought for the people of 100% pure north Canterbury who have…
Video has emerged of the dramatic scenes of a bridge collapse on the Great Walk Lake Waikaremoana in New Zealand, in which 4 French tourists plunged into the river below. The uploader said the bridge was rated for 10 people yet the cable snapped with only four people on the bridge. Its interesting to compare official accounts of the…
Four French tourists were fortunate to escape serious injury when the Hopu Ruahine bridge on the Lake Waikaremoana Track collapsed beneath them on 3 September. The group sustained injuries after they plunged 8.5 metres when the Waikaremoana Track Bridge gave way. For an update to this story on 9 Oct 2015 click here The bridge…
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