[ad_1] Bejon Haswell / Stuff A snow-covered rural fire truck draws water from a canal near Twizel. Firefighters fighting a major blaze near Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park have been helped by overnight snow and rain that has fallen to low levels in south Canterbury. Mackenzie District Council emergency …
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[ad_1] Bejon Haswell / Stuff A snow-covered rural fire truck draws water from a canal near Twizel. Firefighters fighting a major blaze near Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park have been helped by overnight snow and rain that has fallen to low levels in south Canterbury. Mackenzie District Council emergency …
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[ad_1] Experts at the Met Service were even said to have been “stunned” by the astonishing shot of a lenticular cloud over the South Island over the weekend. Posting the photo on Twitter, Geoffrey Beckett said that in “20 years of flying,” this was “the most impressive cloud” he had …
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[ad_1] Otago running back Robbie Johnston set a record Saturday, but it was one he didn’t want. Johnston (53) was disqualified from the men’s 50-54 race of mastery in the New Zealand Cross Country Challenge at Chisholm Links on Saturday for spitting. Yes, having a hoick, or two, put Johnston …
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[ad_1] Residents of the Southland town of Mataura have their bags packed ready for evacuation in case potentially lethal ammonia gas is released from the toxic waste stored there. The old paper mill in Mataura, Southland. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A nearby fire on Monday was the third incident …
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[ad_1] This story is the second part of Munted, a seven-part video series that tells the story of the Christchurch earthquakes. Watch all seven episodes. In the aftermath of the earthquake, Christchurch is a soulless city of steel and glass with its “holy cycle lanes” contributing to the monstrosity of …
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[ad_1] Firefighters are still fighting to stop a massive brush fire that has been burning since Sunday in Mackenzie Country, but overnight severe weather has helped their efforts. The fire seen over Lake Pukaki on Monday night. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Snow and heavy rains battered the area overnight, …
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[ad_1] Volunteers are touring the Nevada countryside where a New Zealand paraglider disappeared more than a week ago. James “Kiwi” Oroc Greg Johnston. Source: Supplied Originally from Timaru, James “Kiwi” Oroc Greg Johnston’s last track point was spotted southwest of the city of Eureka eight days ago this past Sunday …
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[ad_1] Hollywood stars Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons had to live in the slums with the hoi polloi in a five-star hotel in Auckland after requests to isolate themselves on a secluded rural property were rejected. That requested exception, which was presented as a decisive agreement to bring the powerful …
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[ad_1] The Government Communications Security Office is becoming aware of cyberattacks that have caused the NZX website to go down in the past five business days. GCSB Minister Andrew Little told Mike Hosking of Newstalk ZB that the stock market has been receiving advice from GCSB since Tuesday last week, …
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