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

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

During the weekend, about 10,000 people visited the US air force Globemaster at Christchurch airport. The Antarctic summer season opened today and the Globemaster was ready to take scientists and maintenance staff to Scott Base and McMurdo Base. Scot

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Immediately after the February 2011 earthquake, the army moved into Christchurch CBD to keep people out. Fences went up around the four avenues which border the city and the only people allowed in and out were engineers, police or others working on d

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CERA (the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority) started demolishing houses in the Christchurch residential red zones last year. Already 2,074 houses have been demolished and demolitions are speeding up now. More than 6,000 house owners have now s

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Average house prices have increased by 6.7% in the last 12 months in New Zealand. However, the increase in Auckland central city was 11%. The reason for the increase was partly because mortgage rates are low at the moment, around 6%. There is also a

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A police public appeal for the whereabouts of a New Zealand man took an unexpected turn on social media when it was met by taunts from the wanted man himself. 警方公开通缉一名下落不明的新西兰男子,谁知这名被通缉的男子自己

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In 1962, South Korea and New Zealand officially became friends. The two countries established diplomatic relations and in 1971, New Zealand established an embassy in Seoul. In fact, New Zealand supported South Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s

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The artist Michael Parekowhai, was chosen to represent New Zealand at the Venice Biennale last year. This month, his sculptures are on show in Christchurch. In Venice, his bull on a piano was set in a garden. In Christchurch it is on an empty section

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Each day, millions of tonnes of rubble go by truck to Bottle Lake Forest in Christchurch. Demolition companies are working seven days a week to demolish buildings in the CBD after the earthquakes caused so much damage. Cranes, bulldozers, excavators,

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On Thursday night, in Christchurch, two people were killed by a car which was being chased by a police car. Around 8pm, the police saw a car travelling at about 90kmh in a 50kmh zone. They followed the car. Thirty seconds later, the driver drove thro

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

During the weekend, Auckland celebrated the end of the Chinese New Year with a Lantern Festival in Albert Park. A big crowd of people attended. Next weekend, Christchurch will celebrate the Lantern Festival in Hagley Park. The Lantern Festival is usu

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

It is one year since that terrible earthquake and tsunami hit the North East coast of Japan, killing 19,000 people. Today people in Japan remembered this in silence at 2.46pm. New Zealanders also remembered this day. In Auckland the Japanese consul h

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Feb 22nd 2011 is a day that no Christchurch person wants to remember but it is also a day that every Christchurch person feels they need to remember. That was the day when a 6.3 earthquake near the central city, caused many buildings to collapse. 18

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After Tuesdays terrible earthquake, 200 people are still missing, almost certainly dead. Just over 100 bodies have already been recovered from collapsed buildings. Thousands of people still have no power, water or sewerage system. Thousands of homes

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Ever since the earthquake on February 22nd, the centre of Christchurch city has been closed. The only people allowed into that area were workers demolishing damaged buildings and engineers checking the safety of buildings that did not collapse. Then

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It is six months today since the February earthquake which killed 181 people. The city of Christchurch has changed completely in that time. The central city is still closed while buildings are demolished. 370 buildings have been demolished so far. An

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Suburbs in the east of Christchurch were very badly affected again after Mondays two earthquakes. Many houses lost underground services like water, power and sewerage and still today about 50,000 people have no water and cannot use their toilets. Som

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The Prime Minister, John Key, said today that the government will buy 5000 houses that have been badly damaged after the earthquakes in Christchurch. This is because the land in those areas is not safe for houses. These houses are mostly beside the A

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Japans Urban Search and Rescue (Usar) team left Christchurch today to help in the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. They have been working long hours for the last two and a half weeks and are tired. They planned to leave tomorrow but when the

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The Feb 22nd earthquake in Christchurch was 6.3 on the Richter scale yet it did much more damage than the 7.1 earthquake on Sept 4th 2010. There are several reasons for this but the main ones are the depth of the epi-centre and the distance from the

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(220) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语