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2nd Summer Snowfall for New Zealand & Helicopter Downdraft to Dry Soggy Fruit (Video)

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26.01.2017

This is now the second “Rare” summer snowfall in New Zealand. The year has so far been below normal temperatures for several parts of the country, but the last out of season Antarctic low brought a foot of snow in the middle of summer. Apple shortages across the country and out of season rains have prompted farmers to hire helicopters to hover over the fields to dry fruit.

New Zealand Summer Snow Second Time GET OTHER IMAGES
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-z…
Summer snowfall record New Zealand https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-z…
January Summer snow for new Zealand https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-z…
Yes, it’s snowing in the middle of summer http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/art…
It’s Summer In New Zealand And They’re Getting Snow! http://unofficialnetworks.com/2017/01…
Auckland homes lose power as storm hits http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nationa…

Helicopters save New Zealand cherries http://www.freshplaza.com/article/169…
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/168…
New Zealand shoppers dismayed at apple shortage http://www.freshplaza.com/article/169…

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Elites Eying The Exits Signals America’s Crisis

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– Elites Eying The Exits Signals America’s Crisis:

The Institute for New Economic Thinking’s President Rob Johnson was interviewed by the New Yorker on hedge-fund managers and the market for air strips in New Zealand…

Interviewed as part of an extraordinary New Yorker investigation into growing anxiety among America’s corporate elite over the potential for anarchic social collapse, Institute President Robert Johnson saw his peers’ talk of bolt-holes in New Zealand as reflecting a deeper crisis.

Johnson told writer Evan Osnos of the mounting anxiety he had encountered among hedge-fund managers and other wealthy Americans he knew.

“More and more were saying, ‘You’ve got to have a private plane,” Johnson said. “You have to assure that the pilot’s family will be taken care of, too. They have to be on the plane.’ ”

Osnos writes:

Read moreElites Eying The Exits Signals America’s Crisis

Doomsday Preparations: Silicon Valley’s Super Rich Are Eyeing New Zealand For Escape Plans

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What does top Bilderberg member Peter Thiel know, that most of the people don’t know?

Continue to prepare for the greatest financial collapse in world history and civil war.


New Zealand is garnering a lot of interest by the world’s super rich concerned about the future.

– Silicon Valley’s super rich are eyeing New Zealand for escape plans:

THE term “doomsday prepper” provokes images of tin foil hat-wearing, gun-totting bushmen, the likes of which appear on the plethora of TV shows dedicated to their pessimistic worldview.

But across the United States, at the big end of town — both on Wall Street and Silicon Valley — there is apparently growing paranoia about the potential of impending catastrophe and many are hatching contingency plans.

And it appears New Zealand is at the top of the list for many of the super rich who are seeking “apocalypse insurance”.

In a truly fascinating article published this week by The New Yorker, journalist and author Evan Osnos investigated the surprisingly extensive world of centi-millionaire and billionaire doomsday preppers hedging against the potential of mass social unrest.

An unknown number of Silicon Valley titans are reportedly buying up property in New Zealand as a safe haven when the proverbial s**t hits the fan.

Read moreDoomsday Preparations: Silicon Valley’s Super Rich Are Eyeing New Zealand For Escape Plans

New Zealand: ‘Dream’ Winter Conditions, Except It’s Summer

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– ‘Dream’ winter conditions, except it’s summer:

Whatever happened to summer? Cardrona Alpine Resort woke up to its heaviest summer snowfall in living memory yesterday, 30cm covering the base.

Temperatures dropped to -2degC overnight and snow continued falling for most of the day.

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H/t reader kevin a.

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Summer Snow New Zealand, Snowpocalypse South USA, Perth & BC Cold (Video)

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07.01.2017

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Summer snow in New Zealand, oh thats to expected in the warmest year ever, coldest winter in 20 years inn Perth too. Longest cold spell since 1986 in BC, snowpocalypse in SE USA, interstates shut, and record cold for Miami, Florida.

British Colombia coldest in 30 years http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british… California Ski resort totals http://www.onthesnow.com/california/s… Summer snow new zealand http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/88145… https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content… http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/88115… http://www.metservice.com/mountain/so… 2016: Perth’s coldest year in a decade http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/weste… California and SE Usa Forecasts https://twitter.com/RyanMaue Ice Cover https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1iwMhRWI… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1iwOLKXg… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1hjo53W8… Driving Visibility https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1g-YqIXg… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1hXIGeXc… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1du9IoXc… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1YYs0WXg… https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1i8eZnWg… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1gwGn_WE…

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And Now The Weather… California: 6½ feet of snow in 72 hours – Far colder than normal in Russia – “Brutal cold” in Germany – Snowing in New Zealand … In high summer

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– Snow into the South – State of Emergency declared in three states

– Saskatchewan – Temps to plummet to near or below -30 C (-22 F)

– California – 6½ feet of snow in 72 hours:

Homewood ski area has received 79 inches  (200 cm) of snow in the past 72 hours.

– Ten to fifteen feet of snow for California

– Austria – “Winter is returning – and how!”

– Far colder than normal in Russia:

-40ºC (-40ºF) frosts to come in Central Russia.

– “Brutal cold” in Germany:

In the east and south German highlands temperatures have already plummeted to – 10 C. But it will get a lot worse.

In the night from Friday to Saturday some parts of Germany temperatures are expected to drop to minus 25 C (-13F).

– “Great cold” in eastern France:

“Grand froid: – 15°C dans l’Est de la France,” reads the headline.

– Idaho – Most snow on the ground, any day of the year, any year

Boise sets TWO snowfall records 

– Villages isolated by snow in Iraq:

Temperature drops to 6 below zero

– Schools in E. Idaho (where it’s COLD) – close because it’s TOO cold:

Wind chills expected to reach minus 30 (-34C) across eastern Idaho tomorrow.

– Snowing in New Zealand – In high summer

Read moreAnd Now The Weather… California: 6½ feet of snow in 72 hours – Far colder than normal in Russia – “Brutal cold” in Germany – Snowing in New Zealand … In high summer

New Zealand: Night Sky Lighting Up With Mysterious Green, White And Blue Flashes During Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake (Video)

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– Earthquake lights in New Zealand – Video

Footage filmed during the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake shows the night sky lighting up with mysterious green, white and blue flashes.

https://youtu.be/1hIQaJg3lVM

New Zealander Zachary Bell said he filmed a video at ‘the peak of the shaking’, noting that ‘the sky began to light up with colours’ over the sea.

Read moreNew Zealand: Night Sky Lighting Up With Mysterious Green, White And Blue Flashes During Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake (Video)

Feet of Snow Australia & New Zealand weeks before Summer, BOM Says 4th Warmest Year Ever (Video)

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23.10.2016
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With snow still falling across Southern Australia and New Zealand and reported well below temperatures for the months of June-October it is difficult to believe that temperatures came in 4th warmest year ever. Remember that meteorological bureaus said get ready for no snow and warmest year ever. The opposite happened.

Canadian Weather Service http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e…
Late Snows Record Snows and Cold Winter Forecasts Globally
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technolog…

Read moreFeet of Snow Australia & New Zealand weeks before Summer, BOM Says 4th Warmest Year Ever (Video)

Unfathomable New Zealand North Island Snow And Wind | Mini Ice Age 2015-2035 (Video)

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Related info:

– Prof. Valentina Zharkova: We’re Headed Into A Little Ice Age (Video)

– It Is Colder Right Now Than Throughout Almost All Of History

– Scientist Predicts ‘Little Ice Age,’ Gets Icy Reception From Colleagues

– Scientist Predicts ‘Little Ice Age,’ Gets Icy Reception From Colleagues

– German science institute warns of miniature ice age

– Retired U.S. Navy Physicist Warns Of What Is To Come – Little Ice Ages Bring Famine And Disease

– World Government Think Tanks Ready for Global Food Shortages: Timeline and Which Countries (Video)

15.08.2016
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The north island of New Zealand which receives a dusting of snow every 15 years or so, was pummeled with 3 feet and 120 mph winds over the last week. So rare was the event that the word Unfathomable was used in the media.

http://www.newzealand.com/int/feature…
https://www.niwa.co.nz/static/Hawkes%…
https://iceagenow.info/new-zealand-he…

Read moreUnfathomable New Zealand North Island Snow And Wind | Mini Ice Age 2015-2035 (Video)

New Zealand snowstorm leaves central North Island looking like a “war zone”

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– NZ snowstorm leaves central North Island looking like a “war zone”:

“Snow-hit power lines could take weeks to fix,” says Radio New Zealand.

“We’re dealing with a metre of snow in some of those cross country areas,” said Unison power company spokesperson Danny Gough.

“It’s almost like a war zone – we’ve got poles that have just been been broken like twigs, trees and vegetation and all sorts of other rubble across the lines and the poles.”

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/310503/snow-hit-power-lines-could-take-weeks-to-fix

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/310464/big-freeze-lingers,-snow-leaves-power-poles-‘broken-like-twigs’

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More than a meter of snow in New Zealand knocks out power for a week

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– More than a meter of snow in New Zealand knocks out power for a week:

“Help on way to Hawke’s Bay homes cut off by snow,” reads the headline.

“Communities and farmers on the snow covered Taupo Plains are being warned to expect to be without power for more than a week.

Read moreMore than a meter of snow in New Zealand knocks out power for a week

New Zealand: One of lowest temperatures in last hundred years

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– New Zealand – One of lowest temperatures in last hundred years:

Heavy snowfall leaves many areas isolated.

Many parts of the island remained isolated after 50 to 70 cm (20 to 28 inches) of snow closed highways.

Meanwhile, the temperature in the city of Queenstown, South Island, dropped to -6.5 ° C (the historical record for August is -7.8 ° C), making this one of the lowest levels recorded in the last hundred years!

Read moreNew Zealand: One of lowest temperatures in last hundred years

Blizzard batters Hawke’s Bay New Zealand – Cold could break 144-year-old record

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– Blizzard batters Hawke’s Bay New Zealand – Cold could break 144-year-old record:

The worst still on the way.

Record-setting cold expected overnight into Sunday, particularly in the South Island.

Queenstown could break its all-time August winter low since records began in 1871.

With heavy snow (50-70 cm) blanketing many parts of the country, a “major” snow event has been declared.

Read moreBlizzard batters Hawke’s Bay New Zealand – Cold could break 144-year-old record

New Zealand coldest in more than a century

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– New Zealand coldest in more than a century:

South Island temperatures set to smash record that has stood for more than one hundred years.

Temperatures are forecast to plunge to minus 15C (5°F) across the South Island tonight, and drop even lower on Saturday night.

Niwa forecaster Ben Noll said Queenstown could reach one of the coldest temperatures since record keeping began 145 years ago.

Read moreNew Zealand coldest in more than a century

New Zealand skiers and snowboarders frothing with joy

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– New Zealand skiers and snowboarders frothing with joy:

“After last year’s epic ‘record-breaking’ snowfalls, looks like Nature’s out to better herself yet again!” says reader. “All of us New Zealand snowboarders – and skiers – are frothing with joy.”

“Places on the North Island’s east coast, which rarely get snow, are now digging themselves out of 1+ metre snowdrifts. And just when the media were talking-up summer’s arrival . . . d’oh!”

MetService said the weather was so bad it had not been able to measure the snow’s exact depth, but estimated at least 70 cm (28 inches), with snowdrifts of more than 1m (39 inches) in places.

The heavy snow knocked out power to 40,000 properties.

Read moreNew Zealand skiers and snowboarders frothing with joy

New Zealand blizzard leaves cars buried in snow up to their windows

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– New Zealand blizzard leaves cars buried in snow up to their windows:

Snow closes roads, forces evacuations at Mt Ruapehu

31 Jul 2016 – White-out conditions at Mt Ruapehu have forced the evacuation of dozens of people from the slopes today.

A blizzard dumped stacks of snow on the mountain’s Whakapapa and Turoa skifields overnight – and left around 30 people trapped in nearby lodges.

Read moreNew Zealand blizzard leaves cars buried in snow up to their windows

Anti-fluoride activists in New Zealand are routinely silenced by a corrupt government

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– Anti-fluoride activists in New Zealand are routinely silenced by a corrupt government:

The addition of fluoride to drinking water has become a hot topic, with numerous activist groups lobbying governments across the world to stop adding the harmful chemical to drinking water. For decades, governments have been claiming that the fluoridation of water is a safe and effective method of protecting teeth from decay – but according to Global Research this is in fact a lie.

Fluoridation is not actually essential for good health or good for protecting teeth – but it is poisonous. Consuming excess amounts of fluoride may increase your risk for 23 different types of cancer, lower the IQ of your children and increase oxidative stress throughout your body. As reported by Natural News, research by the World Health Organization has found that Americans living in areas with “optimal” water fluoridation have an increased risk of cancer.

As reported by Fluoride Alert, the ingestion of fluoride also has direct effects on the brain that might impair intelligence by effecting learning and memory capacity, as proven by more than 40 different animal studies.

Read moreAnti-fluoride activists in New Zealand are routinely silenced by a corrupt government

What is Coming? Elite Feverishly Building Survival Bunkers: ‘Fear of Uprising From the 99%’

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– What is Coming? Elite Feverishly Building Survival Bunkers: “Fear of Uprising From the 99%”:

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Panicked Elite Buying Bomb-Proof Luxury Survival Bunkers to Escape Civil Unrest, Disasters

Panicked members of the elite are buying luxury bomb-proof underground survival bunkers because they fear mass civil unrest might be on the horizon.

The company behind the construction of the sprawling complexes, Vivos, says the facilities are for the “protection of high net worth individuals” in the event of apocalyptic-style scenarios during which “millions will perish or worse yet, struggle to survive as victims”.

“Where will you go when pandemonium strikes?” asks a promo for the luxury shelters.

The biggest facility, called Europa One, is located in Germany and is “one of the most fortified and massive underground survival shelters on Earth, deep below a limestone mountain” and is “safely secured from the general public, behind sealed and secured walls, gates and blast doors”.

Read moreWhat is Coming? Elite Feverishly Building Survival Bunkers: ‘Fear of Uprising From the 99%’

Solar tax to delay solar a desperate money making move

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– Solar tax to delay solar a desperate money making move:

Solar tax to delay solar a desperate money making move, says solarcity CEO

Auckland, 6 April 2016 – New Zealand’s leading solar energy services provider, solarcity, has condemned Trustpower’s support of a residential solar tax as a “desperate move to squeeze every last dollar out of a dying business model”.

Last week Hawke’s Bay electricity lines operator, Unison Networks, announced it was introducing a tax of up to 26% on solar power and batteries. (1) Yesterday Trustpower community services manager Graeme Purches came out in support of the tax saying it was “completely understandable”.

Read moreSolar tax to delay solar a desperate money making move

Christchurch, New Zealand: Magnitude 5.7 Quake, 62 Aftershocks

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– Christchurch: 5.7 quake, 62 aftershocks:

There is a 63 percent chance another quake between magnitude 5 and 5.9 will strike Christchurch in the next year, after Sunday’s 5.7 quake increased the likelihood from 49 percent.

The quake – the largest in the city in four years – hit 15km east of the city at a depth of 15km at 1.13pm.

It hit with such force cliff faces crumbled, items fell off shelves and walls and liquefaction started bubbling. It shook the ground, and it shook people’s emotions – just eight days out from the five year anniversary of the February 22, 2011 quake which killed 185 people.

Read moreChristchurch, New Zealand: Magnitude 5.7 Quake, 62 Aftershocks

US, Japan, Canada, Australia and 8 Other Countries Sign Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

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– US, Japan, Canada, Australia and 8 Other Countries Sign Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement:

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would be horrible for Americans and the people of the world.

But most politicians are thoroughly corrupt.  Neither the Democratic or Republican parties represent the interests of the American people. Both parties ignore the desires of their own bases.

So today, 12 countries – Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, United States and Vietnam – signed the TPP.

Read moreUS, Japan, Canada, Australia and 8 Other Countries Sign Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Holy Macaroni! New Zealand Approves Pastafarian Marriages

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NOT the Onion … check!

NOT April 1st … check!

Holy macaroni! New Zealand approves Pastafarian marriages

– Holy macaroni! New Zealand approves Pastafarian marriages:

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been allowed to officiate weddings for its kiwi followers.

The application filed in November to the registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages has been approved and is now listed in the New Zealand government’s gazette.

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been allowed to officiate weddings for its kiwi followers

The application was found complying with New Zealand’s law, and thus there was no reason to decline it, registrar-general Jeff Montgomery told the website stuff.co.nz.

Read moreHoly Macaroni! New Zealand Approves Pastafarian Marriages

Heaviest Snow In New Zealand In 35 years

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– Heaviest snow in New Zealand in 35 years (Ice Age Now, July 11, 2015):

9 July 2015 – As the country battles blistering cold, snow has become a serious hazard throughout the North and South Islands, and brought the heaviest falls seen in central Hawke’s Bay for 35 years.

Several central North Island highways remained closed on Thursday night due to snow and ice, according to the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Read moreHeaviest Snow In New Zealand In 35 years

New Zealand: Heavy Snow Causes Chaos In Gisborne

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– Heavy snow causes chaos in Gisborne, New Zealand (Ice Age Now, July 10, 2015):

Stranded motorists have spent the night in other people’s houses after roads around Gisborne closed as snow carpeted the region in a thick white blanket.

10 July 2015  – A severe weather warning is in place for Mohaka, while roads around Gisborne have been closed.

Read moreNew Zealand: Heavy Snow Causes Chaos In Gisborne