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MYSTERIOUS: North island | Mind Blowing Facts

One of Earth's biggest supereruptions that could have buried New Zealand finally makes sense

Around 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand's North Island looked nothing like the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape familiar today. Vast beech and podocarp forests covered the region during a cold glacial period, providing habitat for abundant native birdlife, right up until one of the most explosive volcanic events ever…

The Times of India

A ‘supereruption’ transformed NZ 350,000 years ago. We now know how it happened

Some 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand’s North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today.

The Conversation

What northern NZ’s wet and sticky summer reveals about our warming atmosphere

New Zealand’s summer has been defined by repeated bursts of intense rain, as subtropical systems have swept down over the upper North Island and beyond.

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Is it safe to travel to New Zealand? Latest advice after Mount Maunganui landslides

At least two people have died and many more are still missing following torrential rain on the North Island

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Mount Maunganu: Children among several feared dead after landslide hits New Zealand campsite

The landslide sent rubble barrelling down on the campsite in Mount Maunganui, a popular tourist spot on the northern coast of New Zealand’s North Island

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The Ultimate Guide to Your NZ Motorhome or Campervan Road Trip

Planning a motorhome adventure through New Zealand but can't decide where to start? You are not alone in this dilemma.

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Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know

As many Wellingtonians will know, kākā can be trouble. New Zealand’s pesky forest parrots have expanded throughout New Zealand’s capital city since they were reintroduced 22 years ago and they are not averse to “modifying” people’s homes to build nests in roof spaces.

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Royals on honeymoon: facts you didn't know about their post-wedding trips

This is how the royals celebrated their marriages, in destinations from Scotland to the Seychelles

Woman & Home

The Foodstuffs merger is dead – but that still won’t fix NZ’s over-concentrated supermarket sector

Two of the dominant players in New Zealand’s supermarket sector – Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island – have failed in their quest to officially join forces.

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New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupts, flights grounded

Scientists warn volcano off coast of North Island could continue venting for “weeks to months” to come.

Al Jazeera

Supermarket concentration benefits stores, not shoppers. It’s time to split Foodstuffs – not make it stronger

The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening?

The Conversation

North Island – the exclusive Seychelles resort where royalty go to honeymoon

Since launching as a private island resort 20 years ago, this barefoot luxe Seychelles stay has hosted everyone from Will and Kate to the Beckhams. So does it redefine luxury? Alicia Miller finds out

Evening Standard

Billion dollars for cyclone and flood recovery in New Zealand budget

Record-breaking rainfall hit Auckland, in January, only to be followed by Cyclone Gabrielle ravaging the North Island in February

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Rain drenches New Zealand, police pause search for missing student

New Zealand police suspended until morning the search for a high school student missing after getting into difficulty on a school trip to caves on Tuesday as heavy rain and thunderstorms cause flash flooding and landslides in the country's North Island.

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Earthquakes rattle New Zealand’s North Island

Two earthquakes above magnitude 5.0 have occurred south of Napier, in Hawke's Bay, in New Zealand.

The Conversation

Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand's summer of extreme weather?

The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle dumping record rains and causing devastating floods across the east coast of the North Island.

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First the floods, then the diseases -- why NZ should brace for outbreaks of spillover infections from animals

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

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The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.

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New Zealand launches global fundraiser for post-Cyclone Gabrielle reconstruction

An international fundraising appeal is being launched to help pay for the massive reconstruction work needed after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country's North Island earlier this month.

Reuters

New Zealand police search for 8 people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand police were searching for eight people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle struck two weeks ago, authorities said on Sunday, amid warnings of more wild weather for the nation's North Island.

Reuters

Thirteen still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand

The number of people still unaccounted for in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle that battered New Zealand nearly two weeks ago has dropped to 13, authorities said on Saturday, as heavy rain overnight prompted evacuations on the country's North Island.

Reuters

Heavy rains forecast for cyclone-hit areas of New Zealand

Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of thousands remain without power after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country's North Island last week.

Reuters

New Zealand's cyclone death toll at 11, thousands still missing

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as thousands of people remained missing a week after the storm struck the country's North Island.

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Cyclone death toll in New Zealand rises to nine as recovery continues

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday as the clean-up continued on the battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people.

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Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry 'slash' – NZ must change how it grows trees on fragile land

The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest examples of more frequent erosion-triggering rainfall events over the past decade.

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