Our host, Sonia laughingly claims to have stolen land off her good friend, Mac, to set up the glampsite. He doesn’t seem to mind. They’re both there to meet us on a drizzly Sunday afternoon. “This is such a special place,” she smiles before regaling us with stories of past guests’ encounters with wildlife (“Two pigs walked by when one woman was sitting in the bath. She didn’t know whether to jump out or sit quietly for them to pass by!”) and Mac shows us a video he took of a doe and her fawn standing in the driveway.
âMove immediatelyâ: Third massive quake hits NZ Authorities issued a warning after a 7.2m earthquake this morning was felt through much of New Zealand. Picture: Geonet
News by Staff writers and NZ Herald 5th Mar 2021 4:56 AM | Updated: 9:37 AM Â A number of North Island coastal residents in New Zealand have been told to move immediately to higher ground after a third massive earthquake off the nation s coast. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the Kermadec Islands, 1000km northeast of New Zealand, at 8.28am local time (6.28am AEDT). People near coast from the Bay of Islands to Whangarei, from Matata to Tolaga Bay, and Great Barrier Island must move immediately to nearest high ground, out of all tsunami evacuation zones, or as far inland as possible, the National Emergency Management Agency alerted at 8.45am (7.45am)
TSUNAMI WARNING LATEST Swarm of earthquakes in Pacific - including magnitude 8.1 quake in Kermadec Islands at 8.28am (NZT) - spark Civil Defence warnings
Earthquake swarm: North Island tsunami warning lifted after 8.1 shake, evacuees return home
5 Mar, 2021 03:45 AM
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TSUNAMI WARNING LATEST Three major earthquakes - at 2.27am, 6.41am, and 8.28am - all of magnitue 7 or higher hit near New Zealand The third of these earthquakes - a magnitude 8.1 quake in the Kermadec Islands - spark Civil Defence tsunami warnings Wave surges strike New Zealand coastline as evacuated residents watch from higher ground Largest waves pass by 1.30pm with no reports of damage; evacuees told they can return home National tsunami advisory lifted at 3.43pm
The national tsunami advisory has been lifted, finally bringing some peace of mind for New Zealanders - 13 hours after the first of three massive Pacific Ocean earthquakes.