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A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). [2] [10] The Mw 6.2 ( ML 6.3) earthquake struck the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business district. [11] It caused widespread damage across Christchurch ...
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 Mw earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC ). It was centred at a depth of 7 km (4.3 mi), [1] about 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Christchurch, [7] which had previously been devastated by a magnitude 6.2 M W earthquake in February 2011.
RNZAF Base Auckland is a Royal New Zealand Air Force base located near the upper reaches of the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The base formerly comprised two separate airfields, Whenuapai and RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Hobsonville was established as a seaplane station in 1928 and was the RNZAF's primary flying boat base in New ...
Camps and Bases. Papakura Military Camp, Auckland. Waiouru Military Camp, Waiouru. Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North. Trentham Military Camp, Wellington. Burnham Military Camp, Christchurch. Balmoral Military Camp, Tekapo. Cadets from the Officer Cadet School conduct live fire training in Waiouru.
Former Royal New Zealand Navy bases, ships and units of the South Island. HMNZS Canterbury (F421) - Leander -class frigate: 1971–2005. HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) - Military sealift ship: 1995–2000. HMNZS Hautapu (T26) - Castle-class minesweeper: 1943–1947. HMNZS Hawea (F422) - Loch-class frigate: 1948–1957. HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) - Moa class ...
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) [7] struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 [1] [2] at 4:35 am local time on 4 September, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X ( Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. [1] Some damaging aftershocks followed the main event, the strongest ...
Super King Air, Boeing 757, C-130 Hercules. The Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 ...
1940. RNZAF Wigram. Canterbury. 1923. 1995. New Zealand's oldest air base. Now the home of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand .While the original plot of land remains, most of the extended base area has been converted into residential housing. RNZAF Norwood.