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A New Zealand mom got to watch as a pod of orcas, or “killer whales” as they’re sometimes called, swam around near her six-year-old daughter while the young lass tried to learn to water ski, Stuff reports. Fortunately, the animals are not considered a danger to humans in the wild. Natalie Kepa and her family and friends had gone to ...
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New Zealand police suspend search for 2 missing people from deadly eruption
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were ending the search for the bodies of two people still missing following the deadly eruption of a volcano earlier this month. CBC | World News
Read More »Death toll from New Zealand volcano eruption rises to 17
The death toll from the volcanic eruption of New Zealand’s White Island rose to 17 after a person died in hospital over the weekend, police said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand gun owners return over 50,000 weapons as part of buy-back program
New Zealand gun owners have handed in tens of thousands of firearms as part of an ambitious six-month weapons buy-back program following a ban on certain semi-automatic rifles. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand IDs 2 bodies not found after volcano eruption
New Zealand police said Tuesday that an Australian teenager and a New Zealand tour guide are the two people presumed dead but whose bodies have not been found after last week’s volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island that killed at least 16 people. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand observes moment of silence 1 week after lethal volcanic eruption
New Zealanders observed a minute’s silence on Monday at the moment that a volcano erupted a week earlier, killing at least 16 people and leaving others with severe burns. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian skin banks ready to help New Zealand treat volcanic eruption victims
International tissue banks have mobilized to help New Zealand meet its need for an estimated 1.2 million square centimetres of skin to be grafted onto victims of Monday’s eruption on White Island, which killed 16 people. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand divers search contaminated waters for remaining volcano victims
Police divers returned to the waters around New Zealand’s volcanic White Island at dawn Saturday to search for the remaining two victims of an eruption that left at least 16 dead and dozens severely burned. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand volcanic eruption site still ‘too dangerous’ for recovery effort
“Increased volcanic activity” on White Island is holding New Zealand police back from recovering the bodies of those presumed dead in Monday’s eruption. CBC | World News
Read More »New Zealand volcano vents steam, stymies recovery of bodies
Experts said geothermal activity on a New Zealand volcanic island increased significantly on Wednesday, dealing a blow to relatives waiting for crews to recover the bodies that remain there following a deadly eruption two days earlier. CBC | World News
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