Kermadec Quake Shakes New Zealand

The quake detected on the drum at Urewera in the Bay of Plenty A large 6.4 magnitude Kermadec Trench earthquake shook New Zealand in the early hours of this morning. The quake occurred at a depth of 33 km and was widely felt from Auckland to as far south as Dunedin Data from Geonet: Reference…

Key’s Double Whammy – Cannibalism Insults Followed By Passive Aggressive Apology

The world’s press is having a field day with John ‘loosest slot machines’ Key’s latest political gaffe. He’s insulted Tuhoe (and no doubt some other Maori Iwi too) at a tourism press conference by implying they were cannibals, then made an apology that suggested that only the too sensitive would have taken offence – a…