Beijing Butcher’s Blood Money Backdown

Trevor Loudon New Zeal 3/21/2011

From Stuff

Chinese officials are quietly backing down from their demand for extra compensation for the families of student nationals killed in the Christchurch earthquake.

A Chinese Embassy official in Wellington called for the extra compensation saying as a result of China’s one-child per family policy, parents of the dead […]

NZ Earthquake memorial date named

Damaged shops in Manchester St. Photo/Getty Images. Click on image for full size.

Derek Cheng New Zealand Herald 3/7/2011

The date for a National Memorial Service to honor victims of the Christchurch earthquake will be March 18.

The service, which will be held in North Hagley Park, is being organised by the Christchurch […]

More quake news from Christchurch, New Zealand

23 February 2011

On 4 September of last year when New Zealand suffered what became known as the Canterbury earthquake, they refused all international aid and began rebuilding themselves. As Americans, that spirit of independence and can-do should really speak to us. But if you’re not familiar with the size and location of this tiny […]

Christchurch quake: Tourists watch as 30 million tons of ice break off glacier

Yvonne Tahana New Zealand Herald News 2/23/2011

Tourists got to see the magnificent blue undersides of the icebergs. Photo / Glacier Explorers

Tourists rode rolling waves on Tasman Lake after yesterday’s earthquake caused 30 million tonnes of ice to break off – “calve” – from the country’s longest glacier.

At Mt Cook village […]

Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits New Zealand

Feb. 22: People are evacuated from a damaged building after an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo: Reuters

Associated Press via FoxNews.com 2/21/2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, seriously injuring people and damaging buildings throughout the city.

Police said there […]

Donating to rebuild Christchurch, New Zealand, after Saturday’s 7.1 earthquake

Donating to Rebuild Christchurch

Trevor Loudon New Zeal 9/6/2010

So many of you have been emailing, Tweeting and sending messages on Facebook asking if there’s any way you can help in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which took place here in Christchurch at 4:30am on September 4, 2010.

The Salvation Army, The Red Cross, […]

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