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2010 Canterbury earthquake

Index 2010 Canterbury earthquake

The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at on, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. [1]

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ABC News

ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Addington Raceway

Addington Raceway or The Met is the home of the Metropolitan Trotting Club in Addington, Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Aftershock

An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock.

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Akaroa

Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name.

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Allied Press

Allied Press is a New Zealand publishing company based in Dunedin.

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Alluvium

Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.

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Alpine Fault

The Alpine Fault is a geological fault, specifically a right-lateral strike-slip fault, that runs almost the entire length of New Zealand's South Island.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Australian Plate

The Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate in the eastern and, largely, southern hemispheres.

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Avondale, Christchurch

Avondale is a suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Avonside

Avonside is an eastern suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Band Together

Band Together was a musical concert put on for the people of Canterbury, New Zealand as a response to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake which had occurred a month earlier.

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Banks Peninsula

Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Beehive (New Zealand)

The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington.

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Belfast, New Zealand

Belfast is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Benefit concert

A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis.

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Bernadine Oliver-Kerby

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby (born 14 June 1971) is a New Zealand broadcaster who currently co-hosts the breakfast show alongside Jason Reeves on Coast.

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Bexley, New Zealand

The suburb of Bexley is situated in East Christchurch on the west bank of the Avon River approximately one kilometre from the Avon Heathcote Estuary.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Bob Parker (mayor)

Sir Robert John Parker (born 13 January 1953) is a former New Zealand broadcaster and politician.

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Boil-water advisory

A boil-water advisory or boil-water order is a public health advisory or directive given by government or health authorities to consumers when a community's drinking water is, or could be, contaminated by pathogens.

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day after Christmas Day.

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Brooklands, Christchurch

Brooklands is the northernmost suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Burnside High School

Burnside High School (Waimairi-iri) is a state co-educational secondary school located in the suburb of Burnside in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Burwood, New Zealand

Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010

The Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 was a New Zealand statute designed to assist reconstruction after the 2010 Canterbury earthquake.

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Canterbury Plains

The Canterbury Plains is an area in New Zealand centred in the Mid Canterbury, to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury region.

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Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings were the buildings of the Canterbury Provincial Council that administered the Canterbury Province from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.

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Canterbury Regional Council

Canterbury Regional Council is the regional council for Canterbury, the largest region in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.

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Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch

The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (popularly known as the Christchurch Basilica) is located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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CEISMIC

The UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive programme was established in 2011 with the aim of preserving the knowledge, memories and earthquake experiences of people of the Canterbury region.

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Central business district

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city.

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Chicago school (architecture)

Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School.

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Christ's College, Christchurch

Christ's College, Christchurch is an independent, Anglican, secondary, day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Christchurch Art Gallery

The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch Arts Centre

The Christchurch Arts Centre is a hub for arts, crafts and entertainment in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch

ChristChurch Cathedral, or (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch Central City

Christchurch Central City is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Christchurch Hospital

Christchurch Hospital is the largest tertiary hospital in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch International Airport is the main airport that serves Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch mayoral election, 2010

The Christchurch mayoral election, 2010 is part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Coastal Pacific

| The Coastal Pacific is a long-distance passenger train between Picton and Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand, operated by The Great Journeys of New Zealand.

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Countdown (supermarket)

Countdown is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths NZ, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Limited.

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Curfew

A curfew is an order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply.

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Cust, New Zealand

Cust is a rural village in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Dallington, New Zealand

Dallington is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on the north-east side of the city.

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Darfield, New Zealand

Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Department of Building and Housing

The Department of Building and Housing (Te Tari Kaupapa Whare in Māori) was a government agency within the New Zealand government.

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Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel (lit. "The Mirror") is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Dunedin Town Hall

The Dunedin Town Hall is a municipal building in the city of Dunedin in New Zealand.

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Earthquake Commission

The Earthquake Commission (EQC), (Kōmihana Rūwhenua), is a New Zealand Crown entity that invests in natural disaster research and education as well as providing natural disaster insurance to residential property owners.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Epicenter

The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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Epoch Times

Epoch Times is a multi-language newspaper headquartered in New York City.

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Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli (also known as E. coli) is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).

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Fairfax New Zealand

Stuff Limited, named Fairfax New Zealand Limited until 1 February 2018, is a media company operating in New Zealand, and is subsidiary of Australia's Fairfax Media.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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Fifth National Government of New Zealand

The Fifth National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand for three parliamentary terms from 19 November 2008 to 26 October 2017.

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Flying glass

Flying glass refers to pieces of broken glass (typically from a window) which become sharp missiles projected by the force which broke the glass, along with any strain energy due to tempering.

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Foodstuffs

Foodstuffs (NZ) Ltd is a group of two New Zealand grocery and liquor retailers' cooperatives based in the North Island and the South Island that collectively control an estimated 53% of the New Zealand grocery market.

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Foreshock

A foreshock is an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event (the mainshock) and is related to it in both time and space.

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Fox News

Fox News (officially known as the Fox News Channel, commonly abbreviated to FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Framing (construction)

Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape.

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France 24

France 24 (pronounced "France vingt-quatre") is a state-owned 24-hour international news and current affairs television network based in Paris.

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Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract -- the stomach and small intestine.

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Geology of Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury in New Zealand is the portion of the South Island to the east of the Southern Alps, from the Waiau River in the north, to the Waitaki River in the south (this is smaller than the area administered by the Canterbury Regional Council).

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GeoNet

GeoNet was an early international on-line services network built using microcomputers.

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Geophysical Journal International

Geophysical Journal International is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (German Geophysical Society).

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Gerry Brownlee

Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 4 February 1956) is a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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Glentunnel

Glentunnel is a small village in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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GNS Science

GNS Science (Māori: Te Pū Ao) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute.

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Goods and Services Tax (New Zealand)

Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value-added tax or consumption tax for goods and services consumed in New Zealand.

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Government of New Zealand

The Government of New Zealand (Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa), or New Zealand Government (ceremonially referred to as Her Majesty's Government in New Zealand on the Seal of New Zealand), is the administrative complex through which authority is exercised in New Zealand.

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Greta Valley

Greta Valley is a small town in North Canterbury, 83 km north of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the largest urban open space (164.637 hectares), Christchurch City Council; New Zealand.

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Halswell

Halswell is a satellite town of Christchurch, New Zealand, located in open country southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.

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Heathcote Valley

Heathcote Valley is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Here, There & Everywhere (company)

Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), formerly known as APN News & Media, is an Australian media company.

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Heritage New Zealand

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, (previously until 2014 named the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) (Pouhere Taonga), is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand.

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Hope Fault

The Hope Fault is an active dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in the northeastern part of South Island, New Zealand.

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Hornby, New Zealand

Hornby is a major residential and retail suburb at the western edge of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Hororata

Hororata is a small settlement at the northwestern edge of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Hypocenter

A hypocenter (or hypocentre) (from ὑπόκεντρον for 'below the center') is the point of origin of an earthquake or a subsurface nuclear explosion.

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International Antarctic Centre

The International Antarctic Centre is located in the suburb of Harewood, Christchurch, New Zealand, close to Christchurch International Airport.

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.

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Jim Anderton

James Patrick Anderton (born James Patrick Byrne; 21 January 1938 – 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.

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John Key

Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the New Zealand National Party.

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John Robert Godley

John Robert Godley (29 May 1814 – 17 November 1861) was an Irish statesman and bureaucrat.

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June 2011 Christchurch earthquake

The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.3 ML earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC).

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Kaiapoi

Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Kaikoura

Kaikoura ("Kaikōura", from "Te Ahi Kaikōura a Tama ki te Rangi") is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Kairaki

Kairaki is a small rural community in the Waimakariri District, New Zealand.

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KiwiRail

KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand State-owned enterprise responsible for rail operations in New Zealand.

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Leader of the House (New Zealand)

In the New Zealand Parliament, the Leader of the House is the government minister appointed by the Prime Minister of New Zealand to be responsible for the management of government business in the House of Representatives.

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Lincoln University (New Zealand)

Lincoln University (Māori: Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki) is a New Zealand university that was formed in 1990 when Lincoln College, Canterbury was made independent of the University of Canterbury.

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Lincoln, New Zealand

Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Linwood College

Linwood College is a co-educational secondary school in Linwood, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Liquefied petroleum gas

Liquefied petroleum gas or liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), also referred to as simply propane or butane, are flammable mixtures of hydrocarbon gases used as fuel in heating appliances, cooking equipment, and vehicles.

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List of earthquakes in 2010

Earthquakes in 2010 resulted in nearly 321,000 fatalities.

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List of earthquakes in New Zealand

This is a list of large earthquakes that have occurred in New Zealand.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.

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Lyttelton road tunnel

The Lyttelton road tunnel runs beneath the Port Hills to the south of the New Zealand city of Christchurch and links the city with its seaport, Lyttelton.

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Lyttelton Timeball Station

The Lyttelton Timeball Station was a heritage-registered time ball station and prominent local landmark in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

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Lyttelton, New Zealand

Lyttelton (Māori: Ōhinehou) is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour, at the north-western end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Main North Line, New Zealand

The Main North Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railway line that runs north from Christchurch in New Zealand up the east coast of the South Island through Kaikoura and Blenheim to Picton.

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Main South Line

The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railroad line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin.

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Manchester Courts

Manchester Courts, earlier known as the MLC Building, was a commercial high-rise building in the Christchurch Central City.

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Marlborough Fault System

The Marlborough Fault System is a set of four large dextral strike-slip faults and other related structures in the northern part of South Island, New Zealand, which transfer displacement between the mainly transform plate boundary of the Alpine fault and the mainly destructive boundary of the Kermadec Trench, and together form the boundary between the Australian and Pacific Plates.

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MediaWorks New Zealand

MediaWorks New Zealand is a New Zealand-based television, radio and interactive media company entirely owned by Oaktree Capital Management.

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Mercalli intensity scale

The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake.

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Merivale

Merivale is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, north of the city centre.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted as Mw or M) is one of many seismic magnitude scales used to measure the size of earthquakes.

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Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after three other daily English newspapers shut down at various times during the second half of the 20th century.

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MSNBC

MSNBC is an American news cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events.

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National Business Review

The National Business Review (or NBR) is a weekly, national New Zealand newspaper and online publication aimed at the business sector.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist.

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Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson (Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay.

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New Plymouth

New Plymouth (Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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New World (supermarket)

New World is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain.

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New Zealand Army

The New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tūmatauenga, "Tribe of the God of War") is the land component of the New Zealand Defence Force and comprises around 4,500 Regular Force personnel, 2,000 Territorial Force personnel and 500 civilians.

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New Zealand dollar

The New Zealand dollar (sign: $; code: NZD, also abbreviated NZ$) (Tāra o Aotearoa) is the currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands.

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New Zealand Fire Service

The New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS, Whakaratonga Iwi, "Service to the People") was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 - at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

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New Zealand pound

The pound (symbol £, or NZ£ for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1840 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.

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New Zealand Press Association

The New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) was a news agency that existed from 1879 to 2011 and provided national and international news to the media of New Zealand.

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New Zealand State Highway 77

State Highway 77 is a state highway in New Zealand going through the inland parts of Central and Mid Canterbury between the towns of Ashburton and Darfield via the Rakaia Gorge.

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New Zealand state highway network

The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand.

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News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia (formerly News Limited) is one of Australia's largest media companies, employing more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,000 journalists.

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Newshub

Newshub (stylized as Newshub.) is a New Zealand news service that airs on Three and radio stations run by MediaWorks.

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NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA; Waka Kotahi) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, investigating rail accidents and administering the New Zealand state highway network.

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Oamaru

Oamaru (Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District.

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Opawa

Opawa is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 2.5 kilometres south-east of the city centre.

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Otago Daily Times

The Otago Daily Times (ODT) is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church

Oxford Terrace Baptist Church was located in the Christchurch Central City on a prominent corner property fronting the Avon River.

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Pacific Plate

The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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Pak'nSave

Pak'nSave (stylised PAK'nSAVE, originally PAK 'N SAVE) is a New Zealand discount food warehouse chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative.

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Paul Holmes (broadcaster)

Sir Paul Scott Holmes (29 April 19501 February 2013), was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high-profile radio and television journalism.

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Peak ground acceleration

Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at a location.

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Pegasus Town

Pegasus Town is a new town under construction in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Pichilemu

Pichilemu, originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province.

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Postmedia Network

Postmedia Network Canada Corporation (also known as Postmedia Network or Postmedia) is a Canadian media company consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news gathering and Internet operations.

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Progressive Enterprises

Woolworths NZ (formerly Progressive Enterprises Limited) is the second largest grocery company in New Zealand (behind Foodstuffs), with revenue of NZ$6.2 billion for the year to June 2018.

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Radio Live

Radio Live (stylised as RadioLIVE) is a nationwide Auckland-based New Zealand talkback, news and sport radio network owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.

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Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand (Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as RNZ, is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995.

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Rakaia Gorge

The Rakaia Gorge is located on the Rakaia River in inland Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island.

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Rangiora

Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Reserve Bank of New Zealand

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ, Te Pūtea Matua) is the central bank of New Zealand.

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Return period

A return period, also known as a recurrence interval (sometimes repeat interval) is an estimate of the likelihood of an event, such as an earthquake, flood, landslide, or a river discharge flow to occur.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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RNZ National

This article is about RNZ's domestic radio channel.

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Rolleston, New Zealand

Rolleston is the seat and largest town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Royal Astronomical Society

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).

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Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) (Maori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "New Zealand Warriors of the Sky"; previously Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi, "War Party of the Blue") is the air force component of the New Zealand Defence Force.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Selwyn District

Selwyn District is a predominantly rural area in central Canterbury, on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Sewerage

Sewerage is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers.

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Simon Dallow

Simon Dallow (born 18 June 1964) is a New Zealand journalist, barrister and television personality.

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Singapore Press Holdings

Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, Internet and new media, radio and outdoor media, and property and healthcare.

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Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news organisation based in the UK that started as a 24-hour television news channel.

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Soil liquefaction

Soil liquefaction describes a phenomenon whereby a saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress, usually earthquake shaking or other sudden change in stress condition, causing it to behave like a liquid.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Southern Alps

The Southern Alps (Kā Tiritiri-o-te-Moana) is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side.

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Spencerville, New Zealand

Spencerville is a semi-rural town on the east coast of Canterbury, New Zealand north of Christchurch.

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St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance is a trade name used by a number of affiliated organisations in different countries, counties, states or provinces dedicated to the teaching and practice of medical first aid and the provision of ambulance and community volunteer services, all of which derive their origins from the St John Ambulance Association founded in 1877 in the United Kingdom.

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St John New Zealand

St John New Zealand (also often referred to as St John Ambulance of New Zealand) is a charitable organisation providing healthcare services to the New Zealand public.

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St Kevin's College, Oamaru

St Kevin's College (also called Redcastle) in Oamaru, New Zealand is a Catholic, coeducational, integrated, boarding and day, secondary school.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted.

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Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz is a New Zealand news website published by Fairfax Digital, a division of Fairfax New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian company Fairfax Media Ltd.

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Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.

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Tank truck

A tank truck or tanker truck (United States usage) or tanker (United Kingdom usage), is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads.

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Taranaki Daily News

The Taranaki Daily News is a daily morning newspaper published in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia created by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government.

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Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand (Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a state-owned television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region.

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Temuka

Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Marlborough Express

The Marlborough Express is a newspaper servicing the Marlborough area of New Zealand.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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The Press

The Press is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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The Press Building, Christchurch

The Press Building located in Cathedral Square in Christchurch was the home of The Press between 1909 and February 2011.

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The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.

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The Straits Times

The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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The Timaru Herald

The Timaru Herald is a daily provincial newspaper serving the Timaru, South Canterbury and Otago districts of New Zealand.

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The Warehouse Group

The Warehouse Group officially stylized as TWG, was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand.

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Timaru

Timaru (Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Time in New Zealand

Time in New Zealand, by law, is divided into two standard time zones.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from 津波, "harbour wave"; English pronunciation) or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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TVNZ 1

TVNZ 1 is the first national television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ).

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TVNZ 7

TVNZ 7 was a commercial-free New Zealand 24-hour news and information channel on Freeview digital television platform and on Sky Television from 1 July 2009.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation Cantuar. or Cant. for Cantuariensis, the Latin name for Canterbury) is New Zealand's second oldest university.

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University of Otago

The University of Otago (Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) is a collegiate university located in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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University of Otago Registry Building

The University of Otago Registry Building, also known as the Clocktower Building, is a Victorian and later structure in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand.

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University of Otago, Christchurch

The University of Otago, Christchurch is one of four component schools that make up the University of Otago Medical School.

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Upper Riccarton

Upper Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch.

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Waimakariri District

Waimakariri District is a local government district, located in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Washington Saldías González

Washington Ramón Saldías González (born August 24, 1949) is a Chilean politician.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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West Coast, New Zealand

The West Coast (Te Tai Poutini) is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island, it is one of the more remote and most sparsely populated areas of the country.

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1 News

1 News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ.

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1848 Marlborough earthquake

The 1848 Marlborough earthquake was a 7.5 earthquake that occurred at 1:40 a.m. on 16 October 1848 and whose epicenter was in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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1855 Wairarapa earthquake

The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake occurred on 23 January at about 9 p.m., affecting much of the Cook Strait area of New Zealand, including Marlborough in the South Island and Wellington and Wairarapa in the North Island.

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1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on 3 February, killing 256, injuring thousands and devastating the Hawke's Bay region.

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2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake (Séisme de 2010 à Haïti; Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest), approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

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2011 Christchurch earthquake

A earthquake occurred in Christchurch on at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC).

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2016 Christchurch earthquake

An earthquake occurred in Christchurch on 14 February 2016 at 1:13 p.m. local time (00:13 UTC) and initially recorded as 5.9 on the Richter scale, but subsequently reviewed as 5.7.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake

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