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People were still using Christchurch’s waterways on Friday, despite warnings to keep clear following a tsunami alert. Canterbury Civil Defence was sending out emergency phone alerts since midday warning people to keep out of the water and off beaches and shores, and not go sightseeing. “Due to the 8.1m earthquake near the Kermadec Islands, strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges are expected near the shore,” the alert says. No evacuation order was made in Canterbury, and the tsunami advisory for New Zealand was lifted about 3.40pm. READ MORE: Tsunami alert for New Zealand after third earthquake, 8.1M in Kermadec Islands Tsunami are frequent visitors to New Zealand shores Earlier, one man was seen board sailing on the Avon-Heathcote estuary, while another was angling from a pontoon with his dog at Moncks Bay. Sumner surfing school owner Aaron Lock cancelled all lessons for the day, and said customers had been understanding. Lock said he had seen … [Read more...] about Water fans defied warnings to stay away from Christchurch’s coastal areas

SUPPLIED Large surge coming into Tokomaru Bay. Narelle Guard spent Friday morning listening to tsunami updates on the radio, having watched the mussel boats leave the bay below her hillside home. Guard has experienced many tsunami surges in her 48 years living at Te Whanganui/Port Underwood, chief among them the Japanese earthquake in 2011 . “The tides swirl around in the current and stir up all the mud. After the Japanese earthquake, we had four days of the tides rushing back and forwards, like a big washing machine,” she said. Supplied Residents on safe ground in Whakatāne are waiting to see whether a tsunami comes over the horizon or not. Guard had yet to see any effects from Friday’s earthquakes, speaking about lunchtime on Friday, but felt “safe enough” in her house 60 metres above sea level. READ MORE: Hawke's Bay residents told to evacuate low-lying areas due to tsunami risk after earthquakes Earthquake cluster and tsunami … [Read more...] about Sounds resident remembers ‘washing machine’ water for days after Japan quake

Summer of cricket is here and Radio Tarana listeners will have a chance to keep up to date with all the action as it happens. The station will be featuring live cricket action on its LIT channel via the free Rova app for full commentary of all Black Caps games against visiting teams - West Indies, Pakistan, Australia, and Bangladesh later (see schedule below). Radio Tarana presenter Jilesh Desai said all cricket fans needed to do was download the free Rova app and play LIT radio station. READ MORE: LIT is live: Tarana launches new Hindi channel - download and listen Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval to host Black Caps Boxing Day test against Pakistan LIT, Tarana’s online station, is being delivered via the free Rova app, usually bringing you non-stop, clutter-free music direct from India. “But while the cricket is on, LIT will carry all cricket matches live – be it T20 or Test matches,” Desai said. West Indies is already in the country, and have already played their T20 … [Read more...] about Live cricket commentary via Rova app

Next M ore than 1,000 people were feared dead in the massive tsunami triggered by Japan's most powerful earthquake (measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale), which wrought devastation in northeast coastal Japan, forcing the government to declare emergency at two nuclear plants after their cooling systems failed. Click on NEXT to see more PHOTOS... Image: An aerial view of a tsunami swamped Sendai Airport in northeastern Japan Photographs: Reuters Next Prev Next A ship carrying about 100 people was washed away by the huge tidal waves in Japan's northeast coast and its fate was not known, NHK reported, citing Miyagi prefecture police. A passenger train with an unknown number of people aboard, running near Nobiru station on the Senseki Line connecting Sendai to Ishinomaki, was unaccounted for, the Japanese new agency said, quoting the police. A wall of water several kilometres wide triggered by … [Read more...] about PIX: Tsunami ravages Japan, toll crosses 1000

Basingstoke, England (CNN) Last May, Steve Bates' phone rang. The UK was in the midst of its first national lockdown -- there was a stay-at-home order, schools and most shops were closed, and experts were warning that a vaccine could still be years out. At the other end of the line was an old friend, Kate Bingham , a pharmaceutical investor who had just agreed to lead the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, a team of private sector experts assembled to secure vaccine doses for the British public. She wanted him to join. "She wanted my contacts. She knew that I knew everybody in the industry," Bates, a lobbyist who heads the UK BioIndustry Association, told CNN. "Kate Bingham said to me, 'we've never made a vaccine that's worked against a human coronavirus. This is a long shot.'" Compelled by a sense of national duty in a time of crisis, Bates agreed to help. By that time, the British government had one of the highest national death tolls globally, having dragged its feet to … [Read more...] about Vaccine rollout is a much-needed win for UK after bungling its pandemic response