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Manawatu: 6.8 [35] 50 km: 40.19°S: 175.80°E: Felt strongly in Palmerston North 25 June 1881: Palmerston North: Manawatu: 6.7 [36] 33 km: 40.39°S: 175.60°E: Felt strongly in Palmerston North 5 December 1881: Castle Hill [37] Canterbury: 6.0 [38] 12 km: 43.13°S: 171.77°E: Damaged stone buildings in Christchurch, including ChristChurch ...
This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths in New Zealand.
Manawatū-Whanganui [5] ([manawaˈtʉː ˈʔwaŋanʉi]; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui.
23 May 1957 – A rail car hit a car on a private crossing on the Inkson farm at Omihi North Canterbury resulting in the death of Joseph and Sheila Inkson. [101] [102] [103] [full citation needed] 19 February 1957 – Palmerston North shunting accident.
The Manawatū Standard (formerly the Evening Standard) [1] is the daily paper for the Manawatū region based in Palmerston North.The Manawatū Standard has been recognised as one of the best in New Zealand being a finalist in the 2008 Qantas Media Award (renamed to Voyager Media Awards after Voyager Internet Ltd stepped in as naming sponsor for the 2018 awards) for best regional daily ...
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kūiti and 55 km west of Tūrangi.
UPDATE: Nov. 21, 6:00 p.m. MOWEAQUA, Ill. (WCIA) — Shelby County Coroner Brad Phegley has ruled the deaths of 47-year-old Danny Trueblood and 44-year-old Rebecca Trueblood as a murder-suicide.
These eruptions produced more than 7 million tonnes of ash, which contaminated water supplies, destroyed crops, and led to the deaths of livestock. [54] Ash in the Tongariro River also damaged the intake turbines at the Rangipo power station, [ 55 ] and ash clouds caused airport closures as far away as Auckland and Wellington . [ 56 ]