Roundup: Storm causes chaos and damage across North Island of New Zealand

Xinhua News Agency;  February 16, 2004 ;     521 words ......and damage across North Island of New Zealand WELLINGTON...High winds and heavy rain lashed the North Island and Cook Strait...stay home to avoid heavy rain and winds gusting...links across the North Island including State...

Flash floods forecast after heavy rain causes havoc.(NEWS)

New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  December 19, 2006 ;     372 words ......Elizabeth Binning Parts of the North Island are expected to be hit by heavy rain again today, which could...the northeast part of the North Island. The front was expected...tomorrow afternoon with further heavy rain possible in Gisborne, the...

Tornadoes expected to hit North Island.

New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  June 25, 2008 ;     377 words ...Tornadoes could hit the North Island today as gale-force winds and heavy rain sweeps the country. Chilly...aggressive front, attacking most North Island regions and western parts...westerly winds, accompanied by heavy rain, are expected to last through...

Heavy rain a boost to flagging firefighters

The Press;  March 27, 2001 ;     331 words ......Cass have contained the blaze, with heavy rain dampening fears it will flare again...specialist incident-management team from the North Island was brought in yesterday to co-ordinate...effort. Twenty firefighters from the North Island were also flown in to replace weary...

Heavy Rain Disrupts Wellington..aa..but::::::aaa112236 Heavy Rain Disrupts...

Xinhua News Agency;  November 22, 2001 ;     93 words ...Heavy rain is causing flooding and disruption around the Wellington...in the past 24 hours and theMetService has issued a heavy rain warning for much of the lower and eastern North Island. State Highway 1 is reduced to one lane due to flooding...

Heavy rain forecast

The Nelson Mail;  June 4, 2004 ;     57 words ...Heavy rain was forecast to fall for much of today throughout the Nelson region. The MetService said it expected 80mm...Ranges. It has also issued rain and gale warnings for much of the east coast of both islands and the central North Island.

Coupland's Bakeries expanding in North Island

The Press;  September 19, 2005 ;     203 words ......Bakeries will have more fingers in the North Island pie by the end of next year. The South...bakery is making moves in the lower North Island after setting up 19 outlets in the south...company was making a solid entry into the North Island. He said there were "step-by-step" plans...

Heavy Rain Disrupts Wellington

Xinhua News Agency;  November 22, 2001 ;     93 words ...Heavy rain is causing flooding and disruption around the Wellington...in the past 24 hours and theMetService has issued a heavy rain warning for much of the lower and eastern North Island. State Highway 1 is reduced to one lane due to flooding...

NEW ZEALAND: NGÂTI APA (NORTH ISLAND) DEED OF SETTLEMENT INITIALLING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 4, 2008 ;     306 words ......following news release: Ngti Apa (North Island) and the Crown have initialled a Deed...Settlement that covers all of Ngti Apa's (North Island) historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. Ngti Apa (North Island) have more than 3,200 members and...

Paradise reclaimed; At the new, award-winning North Island Lodge in the...

Concord Monitor;  December 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......world's newest and priciest retreats? On North Island in the Seychelles, where less is considered...and serenity. Just 3 years old, the North Island lodge in the Indian Ocean has already...discovery in 1502, the only purpose North Island served (besides being the repository...

NADEP NORTH ISLAND TACKLES HORNET NOSE JOB

Naval Aviation News;  July 1, 2006 ;     630 words ......FIX IT? The Naval Air Depot (NADEP) North Island, Calif., recently bid farewell to RX-...knowledge, and craftsmanship of the North Island team. In 1999, the exhaust from another...Hornet was delivered in pieces to NADEP North Island, where it entered the pipeline and received...

NEW ZEALAND: SIMULATION TO TEST PLANS FOR NORTH ISLAND DIDYMO DETECTION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2007 ;     281 words ......Biosecurity New Zealand will run a didymo North Island find simulation exercise based in Taupo...various organisations in the event of a North Island find, and to raise awareness in the North Island of the threat of didymo. "Biosecurity...

North Island Is First Financial To Win Governor's Award.

Credit Union Journal;  April 18, 2005 ;     654 words ...SAN DIEGO -- North Island Credit Union is being recognized...a ceremony in Riverside, Calif., North Island received a gold-level Eureka Award...the CCE's board of directors named North Island the winner of the Governor's Award...

Stock sent to North Island for slaughter

The Nelson Mail;  February 23, 1999 ;     395 words ......out of the Nelson region by farmers to North Island processors. Some say the move is because...one-quarter of his store lambs to the North Island last week after the dry weather had...between the Stoke freezing works and North Island processors. Mr Broomhall said certain...

5.8 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand North Island

Xinhua News Agency;  September 1, 2008 ;     82 words ......magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand North Island WELLINGTON, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake...the Richter scale struck New Zealand's North Island on Monday, the GNS Science said. The...centered 10 km southeast of the central North Island town of Turangi and 260 km north of...