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Two years ago, Christchurch was hit by a major earthquake. Listen to September 4th 2010 to hear about this earthquake. Although there was damage and liquefaction, nobody was killed. It was the February 22nd 2011 earthquake which was so devastating. M...
Last weekend, a Writers Festival was held in Christchurch. The earthquakes of 2010 meant that the festival was cancelled that year so people have waited a long time for this event. The various sessions were held in the Geo Dome in Hagley Park and the...
First listen to June 25th 2012 to hear about the Royal Commission and follow the other links on that page. The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has just finished eight weeks investigating the collapse of the CTV building. Yesterday wa...
The London Paralympics competition is now finished and the closing ceremony is tomorrow morning New Zealand time. New Zealand sent 24 athletes to the games and received 17 medals. Four swimmers won medals: Sophie Pascoe from Christchurch won three go...
A fishing boat with a crew of 43 people on board, caught fire early this morning. The boat, the Amaltal Columbia, was 70 km off the coast of Christchurch at the time. Fire broke out in the fish meal hold about 5.20am. The captain sent out a mayday ca...
The Reserve Bank governor, Alan Bollard, said today that the OCR the Official Cash Rate will stay the same at 2.5%. He also talked about the state of the New Zealand economy. He said it was in a boring state which was a good thing, especially at a ti...
IceFest is a festival about Antarctica. Antarctica is often called The Ice; for example Dave Dobbyn visited the Ice two years ago. IceFest is a month-long festival, from September 14th to October 14th which includes the school holidays. It is in Hagl...
Last week, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced some very big changes to schools in Christchurch. Everyone knew some schools would have to close because families have moved since the earthquake. Also some school buildings are damaged an...
Tonight, an Olympic Gold Medal for the Womens Shot Put was presented to Valerie Adams in Auckland. She arrived back in New Zealand from overseas this morning. At the time of the shot put event in London, Valerie was placed second. However, a week lat...
The Prime Minister visited the Chatham Islands yesterday and today. This is his first visit. The Chatham Islands are part of New Zealand. They lie 800km east of Christchurch, a two-hour flight or a 4 day voyage by ship from the mainland. Only about 6...
Twenty-five years ago, in 1987, New Zealand became nuclear-free. The Nuclear-Free Act was passed by the Labour government when David Lange was the Prime Minister. The Act would not allow any ships which were nuclear powered or had nuclear weapons to...
This has been a bad week so far for job losses. Yesterday, KiwiRail said that 158 staff will lose their jobs. Many of these people are engineering staff. Also Solid Energy, which owns coal mines, will close Spring Creek in Greymouth with a loss of 22...
September 27th 2012 The Prime Minister apologized to Kim Dotcom today for the GCSB spying on him. The GCSB can only spy on foreigners who could be a threat to New Zealand but Mr Dotcom is a New Zealand resident. Most Aucklanders know this because whe...
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Murray McCully, gave a 15 minute speech to the General Assembly at the United Nations on Saturday. He made two main points about the Security Council. The first point was about Syria. He said the UN is not doing enough t...
The Waitangi Tribunal met for two weeks to discuss Maori water rights. The Tribunal gave an interim report because the full report would not be available until September. The interim report asked the government to postpone the sale of Mighty River Po...
