GenevaLunch » New Zealand http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no N Zealand endurance bike race results in 2 heart attackshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:52:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63015 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One man died and another is in serious condition after they had heart attacks, just minutes apart, during an endurance bicycle race in Christchurch, New Zeland. Both suffered cardiac arrest not long after the grueling race got underway. Bob Hopkins, a longtime outdoorsman and fitness buff, age 61, died during the Giant 12 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/feed/ 0 Toxic oil washes up on New Zealand beach in race against timehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/toxic-oil-washes-up-on-new-zealand-beach-in-race-against-time/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/toxic-oil-washes-up-on-new-zealand-beach-in-race-against-time/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:28:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62314 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – New Zealand officials closed Mt Maunganui beach as toxic oil from a tanker spill 5 October washed ashore. Crew and others are racing against time to offload the oil from the stricken vessel, Liberian-flagged Rena. The “cargo ship was carrying about 1,700 tons of heavy fuel oil and about 70 tons of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/toxic-oil-washes-up-on-new-zealand-beach-in-race-against-time/feed/ 0 Stage set for rugby semi-finals as England and South Africa go homehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:56:26 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=62276 GenevaLunch.com WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND  – The Rugby World Cup came down to the final four after some hard fought matches, 9th and 10th October. Australia edged past  the current champions, South Africa 11-9 in a closely fought and bruising encounter. New Zealand had to struggle in the first half but then upped the tempo to beat [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/feed/ 0 The New Zealand Press Association to close after 131 yearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/30/the-new-zealand-press-association-to-close-after-131-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/30/the-new-zealand-press-association-to-close-after-131-years/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:10:39 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61092 GenevaLunch.com NEW ZEALAND – Journalism in New Zealand has suffered a tremendous blow with the announcement that its national news agency, the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA), will close its doors on 31 August after 131 years. The NZPA at one point dominated distribution of both domestic and world news to the country’s newspapers. However, a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/30/the-new-zealand-press-association-to-close-after-131-years/feed/ 0 US weather catastrophes will cost at least $295m, says Zurich Rehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:56:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59001 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The unusually high number of very severe weather events in the United States in April and May of this year will cost Zurich Re at least $295 million, for both Zurich North America and Farmers Re, the company says in a 20 June statement. This initial estimate, net of reinsurance and pre-tax, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/feed/ 0 Australian ash flight disruption puzzles many fliershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/15/australian-ash-flight-disruption-puzzles-many-fliers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/15/australian-ash-flight-disruption-puzzles-many-fliers/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:15:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58803 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Perth, in western Australia, became the latest victim of a cloud of ash from a volcano in Chile Wednesday, with the airport stopping flights as a precautionary measure, starting at 13:00 and lasting at least a day, with disruptions to international as well as national flights. Qantas, Virgin Australia and other airlines [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/15/australian-ash-flight-disruption-puzzles-many-fliers/feed/ 0 Zurich Insurance expects to pay $500m for Q1 catastropheshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/zurich-insurance-expects-to-pay-500m-for-q1-catastrophes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/zurich-insurance-expects-to-pay-500m-for-q1-catastrophes/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:36:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55961 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Five natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region in the first three months of 2011 are likely to cost Zurich Financial Services Group $500 million, the company said in a statement Thursday 31 March. The figure represents an amount net of reinsurance and before tax. They are estimates only, the company cautions: [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/zurich-insurance-expects-to-pay-500m-for-q1-catastrophes/feed/ 0 NZ earthquake cost: $800m initial cost, says Swiss Rehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/nz-earthquake-cost-800m-initial-cost-says-swiss-re/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/nz-earthquake-cost-800m-initial-cost-says-swiss-re/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:39:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54831 GenevaLunch.com Final bill could be $6-12 billion Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The cost of last week’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, is expected to be around $800 million, based on currently available information, Swiss Re says in a statement issued Thursday 3 March. The company’s chief executive Stefan Lippe notes that the human toll, in deaths [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/03/nz-earthquake-cost-800m-initial-cost-says-swiss-re/feed/ 0 Two minutes of NZ silence a week after quakehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/two-minutes-of-nz-silence-a-week-after-quake/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/two-minutes-of-nz-silence-a-week-after-quake/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:34:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54688 GenevaLunch.com Wellington “rocked” by 4.5 earthquake Tuesday evening (NZ time) New Zealand drew to a halt Tuesday 1 March for two minutes of silence to honour and mourn the country’s dead, exactly a week after the earthquake around Christchurch that killed at least 155 people. Rescue teams continue to try to stabilize and dig out collapsed [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/two-minutes-of-nz-silence-a-week-after-quake/feed/ 0 New Zealand keeps its cool, watching Yasihttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/new-zealand-keeps-its-cool-watching-yasi/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/04/new-zealand-keeps-its-cool-watching-yasi/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:03:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53438 GenevaLunch.com Australia’s neighbour New Zealand has been watching the lethal floods and storms in Australia, keeping a comfortable distance, but some residents of the land where the Hobbits make movies have been asking why extreme weather conditions seem to skirt around them. The New Zealand Herald took time out from Australia-watching to explain: “New Zealand is [...]

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