New Zealanders race to save whales after 400 stranded

Whales are stranded at Farewell Spit near Nelson, New Zealand Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. New Zealand volunteers formed a human chain in the water at a remote beach on Friday as they tried to save about 100 whales after more than 400 of the creatures beached themselves in one of the worst whale strandings in the nation’s history. About three-quarters of the pilot whales were already dead when they were found Friday morning at Farewell Spit at the tip of the South Island. (Tim Cuff/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Large Swarm of Earthquakes Hit New Zealand!

Earthquakes in New Zealand on November 14 2016, largest magnitude 6.5 | USGS

Earthquake jolts New Zealand; tsunami warning issued

Debris from buildings is seen on a sidewalk past a cordon line in Wellington early on Nov. 14, 2016, following an earthquake centered some 57 miles north of New Zealand’s South Island city of Christchurch. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the nation early Nov. 14, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning and knocking out power and phone services in many parts of the country. Marty Melville, AFP/Getty Images

Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake New Zealand!

M 7.8 – 53km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand

Time: 2016-11-13 11:02:56 (UTC);    Location: 42.757°S 173.077°E;    Depth:  23.0 km

Mass whale stranding in New Zealand kills 24 with more fatalities expected

Volunteers try to refloat whales after a previous stranding at Colville Bay in New Zealand.

Almost 200 pilot whales became stuck on Farewell Spit in Golden Bay, prompting nearly 100 volunteers to help refloat them

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake – South of the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

2014-10-14   04:12:30 UTC

Video: Dozens of pilot whales die on beach in New Zealand

5 MILLION Seabirds dead in Australia, New Zealand beaches

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New Zealand police investigate ‘rape club’ that gang rapes and films girls as young as 13

Two teenage boys who called themselves ‘The Roast Busters’ as they embarked on a campaign of luring underage girls into drunken group sex before boasting about their ‘exploits’ on Facebook will not be charged.

The Aucklanders calling themselves Roast Busters are allegedly getting girls black-out drunk and then filming them being sexually violated and uploading that video to Facebook to boast their accomplishments.

New Zealand Earthquake: Magnitude 6.7 Temblor Hits Kermadec Islands

SOURCE – Posted: 09/30/2013 3:37 am EDT

A strong earthquake hit northeast of New Zealand on Monday, the USGS National Earthquake Information Center reported.

The magnitude 6.7 temblor was reported on the remote uninhabited Kermadec Islands, 50 miles northeast of L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand.

The Kermadec Islands are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, a hotbed of volcanic and earthquake activity at the intersection of several tectonic plates, New Straits Times reported.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a bulletin noting the quake did not generate a tsunami threat.