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Aurora Australis arrives in the upper North Island
The strongest solar storm in 2 years has delivered the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) to much of New Zealand including the upper...
May 13, 20211 min read
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Winter is coming....
The astronomical polar night has arrived today for the South Pole. This is a period of continuous night when no astronomical twilight...
May 11, 20211 min read
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NZ was only within 24 minutes from rocket debris impact
Chinese rocket debris brief summary. China on 29 April 2021 launched a CZ-5B rocket for its core module to the new Space Station Tianhe-1...
May 10, 20211 min read
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Rare quake to the south west of the Auckland Volcanic Field
A rare magnitude 1.7 microquake this morning at 7:26am just to the south west of Auckland Volcanic Field in the Tasman. It's in the same...
May 6, 20211 min read
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Meteors and chaotic rogue Chinese rockets. Interesting 100 hours ahead.
Meteors showers and an out-of-control Chinese rocket are on their way towards earth in the next 100 hours. While the lower atmospheric...
May 5, 20212 min read
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Incoming meteor shower to peak this Friday morning
Heads-up, there is an incoming meteor shower this week. The ‘Eta Aquarid’ meteors are debris from Halley's comet tail and will light up...
May 2, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for April 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 1st April 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal...
May 1, 20211 min read
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The Kermadec Trench comes alive again
Seismic activity has intensified again on the Kermadec Trench. 11 earthquakes ranching from M 4.6 to M 5.8 have occurred during the last...
Apr 28, 20211 min read
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2 large deep earthquakes on the Tonga trench
A large deep magnitude 6.4 regional earthquake to the north of the Kermadec Islands occurred 10:28am this morning. This is the 2nd large...
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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G2 solar storm forecast to hit earth tonight
A space weather watch and warning is now in place across the earth by multiple government weather agencies. A geomagnetic storm from an...
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Tongariro volcano sends up a steam plume
The lower profile North Island Tongariro volcano is producing a steam plume today, as temperatures continue to drop heading towards...
Apr 19, 20211 min read
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Lightning strikes the Sky Tower in Auckland
ZAP! A direct lightning hit on Sky Tower's mast around 2pm this afternoon. A negative charged downward streamer found a positive upward...
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Another large M 6+ aftershock since 5th March M7.3
A large magnitude 6.1 earthquake has occurred this evening at 7:37pm on the Hikurangi subduction zone off the east coast of the North...
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for March 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 27th March and 1st April 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The...
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Is there a link between space weather and larger seismic events?
Having a close inspection of the last 7 days space weather from U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an energetic...
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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Major earthquake sequence and small tsunamis
In modern times for New Zealand, today saw seismic activity extremes not recorded before since European settlement. 3 major offshore...
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for February 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 15th and 16th February 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Mar 1, 20211 min read
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The scattering effect
Vivid reddish, orange and violet colours have just appeared in the sky on sunset last night. The phenomenon is called 'Scattering'....
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Tsunami strikes Great Barrier Island after M7.7 Pacific quake.
The seismic waves from the M7.7 Loyalty Islands earthquake at 2.20am this morning reached the upper North Island within 3 minutes and...
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Monthly sea level peak for January 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 14th and 18th January 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Feb 1, 20211 min read
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