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Kaikoura

Canterbury, New Zealand
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About Kaikoura

Kaikoura is a town at the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is positioned on State Highway 1, a hundred and eighty km north of Christchurch. Kaikoura became the first neighborhood authority in the Southern Hemisphere to acquire recognition by the EarthCheck Community Standard. The city has an expected permanent resident population of 2,150 as of June 2018. The town is the governmental seat of the territorial authority of the Kaikoura District, that is politically a part of the Canterbury place.The infrastructure of Kaikoura, changed into closely damaged within the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake, which also brought on two deaths within the region.

The bay and surrounding vicinity turned into uplifted with the aid of as a good deal as 2 metres. From 1853 to 1876, Kaikoura changed into administrated as a part of the Nelson Province. In 1876 the Kaikoura County become shaped. On 14 November 2016 a 7.8-importance earthquake struck the South Island simply after nighttime. It left people dead and brought about a small tsunami. One thousand travelers and loads of citizens were stranded in Kaikoura after the earthquake reduce off teach and car access.

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