36450 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119253492/review-recommends-christchurch-earthquake-recovery-laws-scrapped"I have long thought ... we needed to have a very clear and signalled pathway back to local leadership. "It's time for us to get back to being like other cities in other places in New Zealand." One of Woods' aims was to be the last Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister the city needed.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:13:00 +0100Stuff-672e5aa6da05c430165143b6d6a8551f20200211061300https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/251375-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea-february-9-2020?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29SYDNEY, Australia – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, February 9, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit just after 4 pm local time (0600 GMT or 2 pm Philippine time) at a depth of 31....Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:16:00 +0100rappler-519f199dd70f3da5c125c31401a6d72620200211051600https://news.stanford.edu/2020/02/10/new-emergency-preparedness-program-website-ensures-stanford-community-cardinalready/, a new program created by Environmental Health & Safety ( EH&S ), focuses on emergency preparedness and is designed for students, faculty, staff and parents, as well as the Department Operations Center coordinators responsible for overseeing Stanford’s response. Initially, the program features a website with wide-ranging information.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:30:00 +0100stanford-6d507da899e5a71daa6e546779cba3e520200211043000https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/wellington-would-struggle-for-enough-water-to-fight-fires-post-quake-report-reveals.htmlRegional manager of Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO), Jeremy Holmes, said the Kaikoura earthquake was a timely reminder for Wellington "that we are not as prepared as we need to be". GNS rates the risk of the Wellington fault rupturing to produce a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in the next century at about 10 percent.Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:59:00 +0100newshub-ad4e6a189e84d27a38b53510fd19a09720200211005900