New Zealand
How Does the Clearest Lake in the World Look Like?
December 24, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- Those that wish to see the clearest lake in the world, I invite them on the island of New Zealand, namely its South Island, because there was discovered a Lake, whose clarity is close to that of distilled...
A penguin from Antarctica arrived in New Zealand
June 23, 2011By Larisa Muntean/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- A Emperor Penguin's baby from Antarctica has lost and ended up on a beach in New Zealand. For the first time in 44 years, a bird from the cold lands reached a beach on the Pacific Coast of South America...
New Zealand plane in 'bird strike' drama
June 09, 2011A passenger plane has been forced into an emergency landing at Auckland airport in New Zealand, after flames spewed from one of its engines. Passengers on the Air New Zealand Boeing 767 said they heard loud bangs and saw flames shortly after take off...
Christchurch quake mapped from space
March 07, 2011The upheaval wrought by the 22 February earthquake in Christchurch, NZ, is illustrated in new radar imagery. The Magnitude 6.3 tremor killed more than 160 people and shattered a city already reeling from a previous seismic event in September. Data from...
Christchurch quake: 'No bodies' in cathedral rubble
March 06, 2011Search teams in Christchurch, New Zealand, have reacted with relief after finding no bodies in the rubble of the earthquake-hit cathedral. Cathedral Dean Peter Beck told Radio New Zealand that he "burst into tears" on hearing the news. It...
Christchurch earthquake: 'No more survivors'
March 03, 2011No more survivors of the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, are likely to be found and the task is recovery, not rescue, say relief officials. Key buildings in the city, struck by a shallow quake of magnitude 6.3 last Tuesday, are being scoured...
Hopes fade for NZ quake missing
February 24, 2011Hopes are fading of finding survivors beneath collapsed buildings in the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Ninety-eight bodies have now been recovered and taken to a temporary mortuary. Prime Minister John Key...
Hundreds missing after New Zealand quake
February 23, 2011Hundreds of people remain missing as search efforts in New Zealand continue in the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Christchurch. Officials say 71 bodies have been recovered so far but more are known to still be under the rubble. Foreign...
New Zealand earthquake: Rescuers work through night
February 22, 2011Rescuers are toiling overnight to reach scores of people trapped under rubble after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake which killed at least 65 people. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker says more than 100 people are feared buried in collapsed buildings in Christchurch...
World starts marking the new year
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December 31, 2010Celebrations are being held around the world to mark the new year. Thousands of revellers have taken to the streets in New Zealand - the first major country to see in 2011. Australians are marking the occasion in Sydney with what is billed as the...