Christchurch, New Zealand News

Despite the still sluggish economy, Broomfield, Colo.-based MWH Global is coming off its best year ever, with $1.6 billion in worldwide revenue for 2012.

Heavy Rain and Very Strong Winds is on its Way for Christchurch New Zealand and it will bring 50+ mm of rain and Very Strong winds and it will bring wind Driven Rain in Christchurch and it will be very Stormy Conditions up in the Mountains in New Zealand and People in Christchurch Be prepared have your Rubber Boots and your Rain Coats and your Rain ... (more)

NZ Tax Refunds' First Online Tax Refunds Company to Refund Clients For 2013 Tax Year Christchurch, New Zealand, 17 June, 2013 - New Zealand's leading online tax refund company NZ Tax Refunds is responsible for many "WooHoo" moments around the country.

In this June 10, 2013 photo released by Google, solar panels and electronics are prepared for launch in Tekapo, New Zealand.

TASMANIA may soon be used as a launch pad for giant helium balloons, which Google hopes will provide internet access to the 4.7 billion people around the world who cannot access the web.

Zuma said that Mandela "continues to engage with family." Speaking at a Youth Day celebration in South Africa, Zuma asked the audience to join him in wishing Mandela a happy Father's Day.

The New Zealand Embassy, in cooperation with UNICEF, is bringing to Manila the photography exhibition entitled "Christchurch: See Through My Eyes".

Google revealed top-secret plans yesterday to send balloons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet access to the two-thirds of the global population currently without it.

THE highly-secretive Google X research lab has unveiled an ambitious plan to provide internet access to the 4.7 billion people who currently can't access the web via a ring of huge balloons circling the globe.

Google plans to launch about 30 balloons from New Zealand's South Island in the first stage of its trial About 30 of the superpressure balloons are being launched from New Zealand from where they will drift around the world on a controlled path.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, - Researchers in New Zealand said they analyzed the facial expressions on Lego figures from the past 35 years and discovered the faces have been getting angrier.

Do Lego Minifigures' have anger-management issues? Toy's faces are becoming less cheerful and more grumpy, fearful and disdainful, finds study Bartneck found that since the '90s, the faces of Minifigures have changed due to themes of conflict within Lego sets Legoland used to be a happy place, but a recent study has found that Lego's Minifigures, ... (more)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is very well liked in New Zealand , where he has recently been warmly welcomed during a visit.

BBC News website reader and singer/songwriter Raymond Meade shares his memories of meeting and recording Banks for one of his album tracks.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is extremely popular in New Zealand , where he will soon be arriving for his seventh visit.

A Christchurch couple who moved out of their red-zoned house just eight months ago may have their new property purchased by the Government again to make way for a main road.

Siblings Daniel and Emy Tordoff-Drew braved the cold windy weather to sell delicious cakes and pastries outside their mum's cafe to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

Demolition contractors can strengthen government's response to natural and man-made disasters by getting highly involved during the planning stages for emergencies, according to Jeff Kroeker, president of the National Demolition Association , Doylestown, Pa.

When a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch, New Zealand in 2010 and 2011, the editorial team at the city's title The Press moved newsrooms 14 times in six months.

Rachel The Prime Minister John Key ramped up his attack on a possible Green Labour coalition by calling the Greens whacky, extreme and unusual.