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☆ Has ‘world’s rarest whale’ washed up on a beach? Scientists are scrambling to find out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Isaac Yee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now, experts in New Zealand are scrambling to confirm whether a 5-meter (16-foot) carcass that recently washed ashore on the country’s South Island is the near-mythical spade-toothed whale. After inspection and consultation with marine-mammal experts, scientists believed the carcass was that of a male spade-toothed whale, though more tests were needed. It may take several weeks or months for the DNA to be processed and a final species ID to be confirmed, according to New Zealand’s conservation department. If the carcass is confirmed as a spade-toothed whale and dissected, Hendriks from the DOC said scientists will be very interested in details of its its stomach and gastrointestinal tract. “This can tell us about what the whale has been eating, but it is also significant because every beaked whale species has a unique stomach plan,” she said.

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☆ She set out to find a husband in a year. Then she matched with a guy on a dating app on the other side of the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

He quickly found the Wellington dating pool to be full of people he vaguely knew – friends of friends or old college acquaintances. The whole thing was quite surreal, made only more so by the fact that Samantha had now met Toby’s parents before she’d actually met Toby in person. When Samantha returned to London, Toby was in a bad way. “But we were spending 24/7 together.”Samantha says the decision was obvious “pretty much as soon as we met in real life.”In time, Toby met Samantha’s family. Telling the story on stageSamantha first told the story of how she met Toby on stage in 2018.

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☆ Heavy rains forecast for cyclone-hit areas of New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Lewis Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of flood damage in the the aftermath of cyclone Gabrielle in HawkeÕs Bay, New Zealand, in this picture released on February 15, 2023. New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERSFeb 21 (Reuters) - Parts of cyclone-stricken New Zealand could see heavy rains from Thursday as relief and recovery efforts continue and tens of thousands remain without power after Cyclone Gabrielle tore across the country's North Island last week. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called Gabrielle New Zealand's biggest natural disaster this century. Hard-hit regions across the north east, where 13,000 remain without power and 1,300 are in emergency shelters, are set for heavy rain from Thursday. ($1 = 1.6028 New Zealand dollars)Reporting by Lewis Jackson in Sydney; Editing by Lincoln Feast.

☆ Cyclone death toll in New Zealand rises to nine as recovery continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERSSYDNEY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to nine on Saturday as the clean-up continued on the battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people. The cyclone hit the uppermost region of the North Island on Sunday and tracked down the east coast, causing widespread devastation. Police on Saturday said they were investigating a possible cyclone-related death of a person in the hard-hit Hawke's Bay region, taking the death toll to nine. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the response to the crisis was "still underway and there are people across the North Island working around the clock". Of those, almost 40,000 were in Hawke's Bay, out of a population of about 170,000.

☆ Cyclone Gabrielle death toll rises to five as recovery starts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand stepped up recovery efforts on Thursday after Cyclone Gabrielle left at least five people dead and displaced 9,000 in the country's most damaging storm in decades. Gabrielle, which hit New Zealand on Sunday before making its way down the east coast of the North Island, cut off entire towns, washed away farms, bridges and livestock, and inundated homes, stranding people on rooftops. Parts of New Zealand's North Island, where about 75% of the country's 5 million residents live, are enduring their second major storm in as many weeks. Meteorological service MetService said Cyclone Gabrielle is now east of the country and continuing to track away from the North Island. The region was hardest hit during Cyclone Bola in 1988, which caused millions of dollars in damage and left seven people dead.

Are o suprafață totală de 268 000 de kilometri pătrați și o populație de 4,8 milioane de oameni. Consumul de droguriÎn Noua Zeelandă, consumul de substanțe narcotice este interzis. Totodată, în școli este interzisă vânzarea dulciurilor, a chips-urilor și a produselor fără valoare nutritivă. Poluarea aeruluiUnul dintre principalele obiective ale Noii Zeelande este păstrarea naturii verzi și a curățeniei (Green and Clean New Zealand). Această țară a reușit să adune în experiența sa multe practici progresive care s-au adeverit a fi necesare în perspectivă.

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☆ Un cutremur cu magnitudinea 6 a lovit Noua Zeelandă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Un cutremur de magnitudinea 6 a lovit luni coasta de est a Insulei de Nord din Noua Zeelandă, a informat Serviciul de prospectare geologică al Statelor Unite (USGS), potrivit Xinhua.Seismul a avut loc la 193 kilometri nord-est de localitatea Gisborne, la ora 07:37:50 GMT, precizează USGS, scrie agerpres.ro Epicentrul cutremurului, localizat la o adâncime de 10,0 kilometri, a fost iniţial stabilit la 37,5205 grade latitudine sudică şi 179,6745 grade longitudine estică.Pe moment nu au fost raportate pagube materiale şi nu a fost emisă o alertă de tsunami, potrivit EFE.

Locations: Insulei, Nord, Noua Zeelandă, Statelor Unite

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