The Otago Regional Council (ORC) received the report by GNS Science at a meeting of its Data and Information Committee today. The report identifies 26 active or potentially active faults through the Dunedin and Clutha districts and summarises their rupture .
Metservice Meteorologist Angus Hines says while almost everyone in the North Island will get some rain on Sunday the worst of it will hit Northland. If you re north of Lake Taupō on Sunday, anticipate a wet and windy day. The worst of the rain and the worst of the wind will be Northland, Coromandel, Great Barrier, perhaps Auckland and perhaps parts of Bay of Plenty. But it really is the northern part of the country seeing the most significant weather.
Northland has a heavy rain watch in place from 6am Sunday to 6am Monday, it s expected to see periods of heavy rain with a chance of rainfall amounts approaching warning criteria.
CentrePort is paying its shareholders a special dividend of $15 million as the company continues to progress its regeneration. Chairman Lachie Johnstone says with CentrePort’s strong balance sheet and having successfully finalised the Kaikoura Earthquake claims .