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Quake drill will rattle crew till they crack

Nov 12th, 2009 | By Daniel Simmons Ritchie | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Annual exercise tests region’s earthquake preparations.

Tags: 7.6, aid, Alan Walker, CDEMG, Civil defence, disaster, drill, earthquake, emergency services, excercise phoenix, Greater Wellington, ivil Defence Emergency Management Group, quake, Rian van Schalkwyk, scenario, simulation, training
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Tsunami honeymoon – looting, tragedy

Oct 7th, 2009 | By Liz Proctor | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

A Wellington couple has returned from Samoa with grim stories.

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Tsunami ‘hits’ Germany before New Zealand

Sep 30th, 2009 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Sabrina Dankel was one of first in NZ to hear.

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Water supply upgrade may lead to restrictions

Sep 3rd, 2009 | By Vaughan Elder | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Garden-watering bans likely if drought strikes during upgrade.

Tags: committee, drought, earthquake, faultline, gwrc, lakes, murray kennedy, regional council, regional sustainability committee, restrictions, seismic, storage, stuart macaskill, Summer, supply, te marua, upgrade, Upper Hutt, water, wellington
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Earthquake weather? No such thing, say experts

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Jenny Meyer | Category: Latest News, News

Seven quakes in 5 days prompts questions on predictions.

Tags: earthquake, earthquake prediction, earthquake weather, earthquakes, gns, richter scale, seismologist, Wellington fault
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