The Minister of Civil Defence has just said that the earthquake that occurred at 4:35am, 7.1 on the richter scale, is the strongest in Christchurch since 1931. Check out the latest photos from the aftermath plus some initial Christchurch earthquake photos from just after the earthquake occurred. A state of emergency has officially been called [...]
I’ve now managed to go for a walk around Avonside and survey the damage following the Christchurch earthquake, which has now been downgraded to 7.1 on the richter scale after earlier reports that it was 7.4. The damage to the road around the Avonside boat club is pretty impressive. Bridges are closed and the police [...]
So this morning at about 4:30am, a massive earthquake hit Christchurch. Apparently it was 7.4 on the richter scale, 30kms west of Christchurch and 33 kms deep. Geonet say aftershocks are likely and could carry on occurring weeks later. Potentially they could be quite large too. I managed to get out in the truck this [...]
In my real job (yes, I have one until you mofo’s start making me ridiculous fortunes through this blog), I see a LOT of websites. Most of them are New Zealand based but some are international. Despite seeing many awful websites, I also see some great websites. And some truly great websites. And then some [...]
You always think that tropical islands are something that happens to other people. And yet earlier this year, I found out I was lucky enough to be able to visit North West Island – a tropical island in the Capricornia Islands about 6 hours off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Right now, I’m sitting in [...]
Ok here’s a newsflash for you. Babies cry lots. And not even during sociable hours. In fact, the chance of crying is directly proportional to the chance that you’re watching ‘The Game’ or talking to ‘The Boys’ or you have ‘A Headache’. I’m told by those who know more about babies than me (note that [...]
The Facebook movie trailer has been released. Yup, you heard it right. There’s a movie coming out about Facebook and it’s titled “The Social Network”. Wait, don’t leave! It actually looks like it could be an interesting movie with a gripping story full of back-stabbing and … more back-stabbing. From the trailer, with its soundtrack [...]
In my job as Chief Executive Officer of nzraw.co.nz, I get a lot of emails. I’d say on average at least one a week. Mostly they tell me that my penis is too small but today I received two emails from one person. It didn’t take too long to realise that the woman that sent [...]
A while ago, a guy I know in Timaru was mountaineering in Nepal and collapsed. He woke up in a hospital in Kathmandu with serious blood clots in his legs. He ended up missing his flight home to New Zealand and had to stay at the hospital for a number of days under intensive care. [...]
Officials are funny. They’ve officially made an official website for the Auckland Council and have said that, officially, you are not allowed to link to it.
