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NEW Zealand was hit by a fourth earthquake as video showed a tsunami wave surging towards the shore. Terrified residents had fled to high ground ground before another quake struck the Kermadec Islands around noon on Friday. The 6.5 magnitude quake struck at 12.12pm local time and followed one of 8.1 by the islands, off northeastern New Zealand on Friday morning. New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency issued a tsunami warning after the earlier earthquake struck around 8.29am time at a depth of six miles. People across the country had been woken up by a rumbling sound as their houses shook after the quakes struck. Video showed large surges of water coming ashore at Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast of the country. Gina Chaffey-Aupouri​, who has lived there for the last 60 years, told Stuff.co.nz she has never seen anything like it as she watched from the hill above as the water move in strange ways. “This is the first time I’ve ever seen a surge," she … [Read more...] about New Zealand is rocked by FOURTH earthquake as tsunami warning is eased after disturbing video shows huge wave surge

South Canterbury has a double chance at the New Zealand Rural Sports Awards to be decided next week. Sally Mallinson, of Geraldine, has been named as a finalist in the Lifetime Legacy Award and Warren White, of Waimate, has made the finals in the Outstanding Contribution to New Zealand Rural Sports Award category. “Hugely humbling,” was Mallinson’s reaction. “Although I am not sure that the awards will go ahead.” READ MORE: World champion to have 'a decent go' in Waimate Shears South Canterbury finalists for Rural Sportsman of the Year Up to 600 expected to visit Waimate as part of annual shearing competition The finals are to be held on Friday, March 12, at Awapuni Function Centre, the night before the New Zealand Rural Games begin in Palmerston North. but this is now uncertain due to changing Covid-19 alert levels. “I’ve been involved with sheep trialling for 40 years starting as a youngster shepherding. I’ve picked up administration stuff in recent years,” … [Read more...] about Two South Canterbury nominees for NZ rural awards

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) Friday reported 52 new cases of the B.1.351 COVID-19 variant from South Africa, bringing the total number of cases in the Philippines to 58. The DOH, in a statement, said that 41 of the new patients have addresses in the National Capital Region (NCR), while 11 patients are being verified if they are local cases or are returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). According to the DOH, one patient with the South African COVID-19 variant from the NCR has now recovered. Meanwhile, the other 51 cases remain active and are being managed. It was on Tuesday when the DOH first reported the emergence of the South African variant in the country with six cases —four of which were from Pasay City. 31 new UK variant cases Meanwhile, the DOH also reported 31 additional cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 from the United Kingdom (UK). This brings the country’s total of UK variant cases to 118, the DOH added. Of the 31 new cases, 28 … [Read more...] about DOH: PH now has 58 cases of South African COVID-19 variant; 52 new cases detected

A small Mid-South Canterbury team has finished sixth overall at the New Zealand elite and under-19 track championships in Invercargill. The team of three - New Zealand elite squad member Holly Edmondston​ (elite women) and NZ under-19 track development squad members Jonathan Fish and Jaxson Whyte (under-19 men) - secured a two silvers and two bronze medals over the four days of competition that ended on Saturday. Those placings compiled 6 points in the 10-region competition that was headed by track cycling heavyweights, Waikato-Bay of Plenty with Canterbury second and Southland, on their home track, third. Behind MSC were Wellington, Northland, East Coast North Island and West Coast North Island. Fish, from Waimate, won silver in the 10-kilometre scratch race and bronze in the 3000-metres individual pursuit. Whyte, from Timaru, picked up silver in the 20km points race and Edmondston, from Waimate but based in Cambridge with the NZ elite track squad, won bronze in her 20km … [Read more...] about Mid-South Canterbury track cyclists win national medals

Sixteen cases of another new Covid variant have been found in the UK. The strain was identified by Public Health England and anyone who tested positive and their contacts have been tracked down and told to isolate. It shares a mutation in common with the South African and Brazilian variants and has been designated a 'Variant Under Investigation' - meaning that scientists aren't immediately worried about it. But the change it shares with the others, E484K, could help the virus avoid immunity from vaccinations or previous infection. It doesn't feature the N501Y mutation, present in all 'Variants Of Concern' currently being monitored. There are now a total of four VUIs and four VOCs currently being tracked in the UK. Mutations are a natural part of the life of all viruses - not just the novel coronavirus . But experts closely monitor changes to dangerous bugs like Covid-19 which has killed more than 2.4million worldwide, and over 118,000 in the UK. The mutations must … [Read more...] about Another new coronavirus variant found in UK as 16 cases spark investigation