New Zealand earthquake: The worst-affected areas

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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury has rocked a number of regions overnight, with tsunami waves reaching New Zealand's east coast and aftershocks causing havoc nationwide. Two people are dead, and quakes have been recorded as far as north as Pukekohe, just south of Auckland, meaning a large part of the country has been affected by tremors. 

A tsunami warning was in place for much of the country over night but was downgraded to a marine and beach threat shortly after 8am. The threat is in place from Napier and Hastings to the Waitaki Coast.

Snow White And The Huntsman

Snow White and the huntsman is a fantasy/drama film.

The main cast members in the movie are:

Kristen Stewart as Snow White,

Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna,

Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman,

Sam Claflin as Prince William/ Snow White’s best friend

Raffey cassidy as young Snow White

My favorite scene in the movie is when the evil queen shape shifts into Prince William and feeds Snow White the poison apple. As she takes a bite she feels herself dying. As she is dying the queen turns back to her normal form. As she is lying on the ground crows start circling Snow White, Prince William and the Huntsman hear the crows and rush over to see what was going on. When they see Snow White and the evil queen, they try to hit Queen Ravenna with all their might but she disappears!

Sea Lion Pup Shot Dead Near Dunedin

A critically threatened sea lion pup was found shot dead on the Otago Peninsula on Saturday. Staff from the Department of Conservation (DOC) found the remains of the 11 month-old female sea lion named Rua on a beach near Dunedin.

Rua was last seen on Allan's Beach in September and made the headlines last summer when her birth was overseen by the local community. DOC Coastal Otago operations manager Annie Wallace says the female was only one of 11 born last summer.

"The brutal senseless shooting of a defenseless threatened native animal is a tragedy. Rua was one of only 11 sea lion pups born on the peninsula last summer," she says. "The impact of her death on the recovery of the New Zealand sea lion is not to be underestimated."

Serial Killer Arrested after Woman Found In Container

South Carolina police have revealed that Todd Kohlhepp, the man they arrested after finding a woman chained in a storage container, had confessed to killing six other people.

The confession came a day after Kala Brown, who was found in the container, told police there were four bodies buried on the 100-acre property in the town of Woodruff, with that of her boyfriend Charles Carver.

 Ms Brown, 30, and Mr Carver, 32, went missing at the end of August.

Whakatane fireworks to return, years after fiery disaster

Whakatane will have a public fireworks show this year - the first since 2009, when 40 minutes' worth of bangers exploded in about 40 seconds.

Thousands of dollars' worth of pyrotechnics went off at once in the fiery mishap, brilliantly lighting up the Bay of Plenty sky, but also causing a large scrub fire. It was just amazing, it was spectacular," Raewyn, an eyewitness, told News hub in 2009. "It was like a bonfire and it went right across the whole entire bank.

Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the accident.

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Police Want Help Finding Alleged Kidnappers

Police are appealing to the public for help identifying an offender who allegedly beat a man unconscious, kidnapped him and stole his car in Auckland. The victim was sitting in his dark grey 2010 Holden Commodore station wagon at the time of the incident, which was parked outside Sylvia Park mall just after 1:00 in the 
afternoon. 

In an explanation given to the police the victim said two men approached him, pushed him in the back seat of his car and drove him around wider Auckland-assaulting him at many points along the journey. 

During at least one of the assaults the man claims he was knocked unconscious.  

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