In October, the 14th Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi, India. This event is similar to the Olympic Games and the Asian Games but smaller, as it is only for teams from the Commonwealth of Nations countries (originally the British Empire). It i...
The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to...
About 16,000 high school teachers went on strike today. They did not go to school. Instead they held protest marches, and Wellington teachers took their protest to Parliament. However the teachers in Canterbury did not go on strike because school was...
A landslide near Kaikoura blocked the road and railway from Picton to Christchurch on Friday night. While small landslides on the narrow road near Kaikoura are quite common, this is the biggest one ever in this area. It is about 100m long and covers...
Its now a week after the major earthquake that caused so much damage to the people and places in Canterbury. Many people are suffering because they will lose their homes. At the moment, some are staying in a school. Tomorrow they will have to move ou...
86 staff from the Kaiapoi supermarket have lost their jobs because the building is so badly damaged it will be demolished. Kaiapoi was badly hit by the earthquake. About 200 homes there have been badly damaged. Building inspectors will check 300 home...
This mornings after-shock was an unpleasant surprise for Christchurch people. They thought the after-shocks were starting to decrease in size and frequency. Instead, just before 8am, there was a 5.1 shake. It was very near the city Heathcote Valley a...
Here are some facts about the earthquake which struck the Canterbury region on Saturday. It measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. At first we were told it was 7.4. That would mean nearly three times stronger. Each 0.2 means double the strength. On avera...
After Saturdays earthquake in the Christchurch area, the main focus was at first on the central city area. There has been a huge amount of damage to older buildings. Many of these were beautiful 100-year old buildings which made the central city attr...
A strong earthquake hit Canterbury just after 4.30 this morning. It was 7.1 on the Richter scale. This is about the same as the Haiti earthquake but very fortunately no one was killed. Two people are in hospital with serious injuries. The population...
