为了方便那些要留学新西兰的同学和想了解新西兰文化的英语爱好者，在线英语听力室的小编特地整理了一套新西兰英语，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
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Christchurch had two big after-shocks today and many smaller ones. The first one, at 1 pm was 5.5. It felt very strong. Most schools closed after that and parents came to collect their primary school children. The next after-shock at 2.20 pm was 6.0....
Wool Week opened early yesterday morning in Wellington with a display of sheep shearing at the railway station. Then children brought in their pet lambs. People on their way to work stopped to watch. Then there was a fashion parade of woolen clothes...
Financial problems in the Yarrows bakery factory mean that 41 workers will lose their jobs and another 192 workers are worried about the future. Yarrows in an unusual factory. It was started by husband and wife, Alf and Grace Yarrows, in 1923 and has...
Queens Birthday weekend finished in New Zealand with no deaths from road crashes. This is amazing. It is the first holiday weekend since 1951 when there have been no deaths on the roads. It is possible that the high cost of petrol means that there we...
This weekend is a holiday weekend. New Zealand celebrates the Queens Birthday on the first Monday in June each year. However, it is not the Queens real birthday. Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21st April 1926. Her father, grandfather and Queen Victor...
Some geologists have predicted that Canterbury has a 23% chance of another major earthquake in the next year. This is based on what computers can tell them from other earthquakes around the world but it is still impossible to predict earthquakes. Nob...
The 26 storey Grand Chancellor hotel in the centre of Christchurch will be demolished in the next few weeks. Since the February earthquake, it has been leaning to one side, almost touching another hotel. Because of the danger from the hotel, an area...
It was good news to hear that Whitcoulls Bookstores have a new owner. 57 Whitcoulls stores and 5 Borders stores owned by the same company were in financial trouble in February. The new owners are the Norman family who own Farmers department stores an...
Wellington airport plans to put up a big sign on a hillside overlooking the airport which says Wellywood. When tourists fly into Wellington, they will see the sign and they will learn that Wellington is famous for making movies. The sign would be a c...
This weekend is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Crete. It was the first major battle of World War II for the New Zealand soldiers. Crete is a Greek island, south of the Greek mainland. During April 1941, the Germans had won battles in Greece,...
First listen to news about previous budgets: What is the Budget, May 19 2010 and The Budget, May 28 2009. The Minister of Finance, Bill English, read the Budget today in Parliament. Just like the last few years, there were not many surprises. We alre...
Yesterday the coroner held an inquest so that he could write death certificates for nine people who died during the earthquake on February 22nd. These nine have not been identified because their bodies were too badly burnt or damaged. All of them wer...
Christchurch City Council held a forum this weekend to ask for ideas about re-building the city after the 6.3 earthquake February 22nd. The forum was held in a large indoor stadium. Inside the entrance was some information about Christchurch city whe...
The inter-island ferry between the North and the South Islands at the moment travels between Wellington and Picton. The ferry carries people, cars, trucks and trains (without the engine). It takes about three hours. The government is looking at chang...
The last few weeks have been difficult for the Maori Party. Hone Harawira has been the Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau in the Far North of the North Island since the elections in 2005. However, he has not always agreed with the Maori Party and fina...
