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There were no reports of injuries, and damage was mostly superficial. \n\nThe minute-long, rolling quake was centred in the mainly rural Wairarapa region about 120 kilometres north east of Wellington, at a depth of 50 kms, government seismologists at GNS Science said. \n\n\u201cThere\u2019s been damage to houses mainly in the (Wairarapa)area, and that includes chimneys down, windows broken,\u201d a spokesman at Police National headquarters told Reuters. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of rock falls and slips on highways in the area, and the rest has been pretty minor.\u201d The quake was felt from the middle of the North Island down through the upper parts of the South Island. More than a dozen aftershocks measuring up to 4.5 were recorded.\n\nTwo amateur videos uploaded on Youtube show effects of the tremors.\n\nA dog racing meet at Manawatu was abandoned due to the earthquake. Watch the video below:\n\nThis CCTV footage shows a large model railway in Lower Hutt shake from three different angles:\n\n(with Reuters)","htmlText":"<p>Central New Zealand, including the capital Wellington, was shaken by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Monday. There were no reports of injuries, and damage was mostly superficial.<\/p>\n<p>The minute-long, rolling quake was centred in the mainly rural Wairarapa region about 120 kilometres north east of Wellington, at a depth of 50 kms, government seismologists at GNS Science said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been damage to houses mainly in the (Wairarapa) area, and that includes chimneys down, windows broken,\u201d a spokesman at Police National headquarters told Reuters. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of rock falls and slips on highways in the area, and the rest has been pretty minor.\u201d The quake was felt from the middle of the North Island down through the upper parts of the South Island. More than a dozen aftershocks measuring up to 4.5 were recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Two amateur videos uploaded on Youtube show effects of the tremors.<\/p>\n<p>A dog racing meet at Manawatu was abandoned due to the earthquake. 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Their representatives have all gathered here and they meet and discuss their work in the corridors and talk about collaboration.\u201d","htmlText":"<p>The WISE Awards 2013 go to six outstanding educational projects which solve concrete issues and have a big impact.<\/p>\n<p>This year winners came from Uganda, Canada, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 500 applications the jury\u2019s task was not an easy one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a jury member on the WISE Awards was tough because we had 14 finalists, and we had to select six of those and the quality of the work that is done across the world is amazing and also different people tackling different problems,\u201d explained Maggie Aderin-Pocock who was one of the jurors.<\/p>\n<p>Pathways to Education is a project in Canada. It helps young people from low-income communities to graduate from high-school and get access to post-secondary education, reducing drop outs from 56% to 13%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now there are 5000 students from Halifax to Winnipeg and the graduation rate has increased 300%,\u201d Carolyn Acker from the project pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Another jury\u2019s favorite was Te Kotahitanga, an in-classroom secondary school teacher programme to improve education achievement and opportunities for Maori students who for decades have been scoring worse than the non Maori ones.<\/p>\n<p>Mere Berryman from the project revealed they were all surprised and delighted to have won an award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were surprised, I mean this is the first time a Wise awards has ever come to new Zealand so that is a huge honour for us in our little country on the other side of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent Aurora Velez in Qatar said, \u201cSince these WISE Awards were inaugurated five years ago, 30 educational projects have received recognition. Their representatives have all gathered here and they meet and discuss their work in the corridors and talk about collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1383241083,"updatedAt":1575882534,"publishedAt":1383241083,"firstPublishedAt":1383241083,"lastPublishedAt":1383241083,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1200,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/244408\/{{w}}x{{h}}_244408.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":675}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"canada","titleRaw":"Canada","id":44,"title":"Canada","slug":"canada"},{"urlSafeValue":"new-zealand","titleRaw":"New Zealand","id":210,"title":"New 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Zealand\u2019s High Court in Auckland to let him appeal a decision that refused him asylum on the grounds his claim fell short of the legal criteria, such as fear of prosecution or threats to his life.\n\nThe court will review the evidence and make a decision in the coming weeks.\n\nTeitiota came to New Zealand in 2007 \u2013 and has three children born there \u2013 but his work visa has now expired.\n\nHis lawyer said: \u201cThe refugee convention which came into effect at the end of the Second World War needs to be changed, to incorporate people who are fleeing climate catastrophe, and what\u2019s happening to Kiribati in the next 30 years is a catastrophe.\u201d\n\nNew Zealand\u2019s Immigration and Protection Tribunal said earlier this year in a report: \u201cThe sad reality is that the environmental degradation caused by both slow and sudden-onset natural disasters is one which is faced by the Kiribati population generally.\u201d\n\nJane McAdam, an expert on refugee law at Sydney\u2019s University of New South Wales, said there was \u201cnot the political will\u201d to extend legislation to include climate change impacts.","htmlText":"<p>A man has claimed asylum in New Zealand saying it is unsafe for him to go home because of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Ioane Teitiota, 37, said rising seas meant there was no land on the Pacific island of Kiribati that he could safely live on.<\/p>\n<p>He asked New Zealand\u2019s High Court in Auckland to let him appeal a decision that refused him asylum on the grounds his claim fell short of the legal criteria, such as fear of prosecution or threats to his life.<\/p>\n<p>The court will review the evidence and make a decision in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Teitiota came to New Zealand in 2007 \u2013 and has three children born there \u2013 but his work visa has now expired.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer said: \u201cThe refugee convention which came into effect at the end of the Second World War needs to be changed, to incorporate people who are fleeing climate catastrophe, and what\u2019s happening to Kiribati in the next 30 years is a catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Immigration and Protection Tribunal said earlier this year in a report: \u201cThe sad reality is that the environmental degradation caused by both slow and sudden-onset natural disasters is one which is faced by the Kiribati population generally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane McAdam, an expert on refugee law at Sydney\u2019s University of New South Wales, said there was \u201cnot the political will\u201d to extend legislation to include climate change 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Can education be manipulated to raise awareness of certain issues facing the country? And if so how? We look at projects aiming to educate youngsters about a range of issues, from the environment right through to social needs. \n\nThis new edition of Learning World looks at two examples from the Pacific and one in Africa on how communities are tailoring their teaching to fit their circumstances.\n\nIn many countries, education aims to produce skilled workers capable of tackling local challenges. What\u2019s the point of producing historical researchers for example, when a country is struggling to grow enough food? So educational programmes are manipulated in order to produce qualified people who can help solve national problems. \n\nThe Galapagos Islands are famous for their marine biodiversity, and have of course their connection to Charles Darwin. The islands were removed from the UN Heritage Committee\u2019s list of endangered sites in 2010 in part due to projects training young people in conservation, environmental issues and ecology. \n\nhttp:\/\/www.idealist.org\n\nThanks to a unique variety of species, the Galapagos are a natural laboratory in the wild. Yet the islands also host over 5,200 primary and secondary students through a network of 20 public and private schools.\n\nOn Santa Cruz Island Tom\u00e1s de Berlanga school is an interesting example of how education in remote places may be a challenge but also offers an extraordinary prize. \n\nFrom the Pacific Ocean to Burkina Faso in Africa, one of the world\u2019s poorest countries. Agriculture is the main source of income for most people but less than a quarter of the land is farmed. We look at one project which is teaching agricultural techniques alongside other practical skills like carpentry and sewing. \n\nBurkina Fasso: building skills\n\nD\u00e9dougou is a medium-sized town in the Sahel region of Africa, in Burkina Faso. 80% of the inhabitants are farmers. Their livelihood depends on rainfall. The problem in this semi-arid region is that it only rains, on average, four months a year. So, how do you survive the entire 12 months? You adapt. People must find other work to get through the year. And education must adapt as well to prepare young people to survive in this difficult climate.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.afrik.com\n\nFinally, returning to the Pacific Ocean, we visit Kiribati, a tiny island nation, where climate change is a major preoccupation. Here, UNICEF has been providing lessons so that people are better informed and have a variety of ways of tackling it. \n\nKiribati: climate class\n\nKiribati is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries, spread over 33 low-lying atolls in the central and western Pacific region.\n\nIts people are experiencing a disaster that is slowly and steadily eroding their culture and home.\n\nTheir low-lying atolls are pounded day and night by rising sea levels, which infiltrate scarce supplies of fresh water and the limited patches of fertile land.\n\nMore than 100 videos have been produced by young people from across the Pacific, taking their local experience global. They are now available online on the Unicef Pacific Youtube channel. \n\nhttp:\/\/www.unicef.org\/infobycountry\/kiribati\n\nhttp:\/\/www.unicefpacific.org\n\nIn addition to UNICEF\u2019s funding of a wide range of national programmes the EU donates 3.2 million euros as part of its WASH, (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), initiative.\n\nhttp:\/\/unfccc.int (PDF)\n\nhttp:\/\/www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki\n\nhttp:\/\/www.unicef.org\/infobycountry\/kiribati\n\nStory by 20 Minutes newspaper (French)\n\nhttp:\/\/www.unicef.org\/french\/adolescence\/kiribati_57819.html\n\nWe look forward to hearing your feedback on our social media pages. And don\u2019t forget our Twitter hashtag is #LEARNWORLD so stay in touch.","htmlText":"<p>What if your county needs more agriculture than engineering graduates? Can education be manipulated to raise awareness of certain issues facing the country? And if so how? We look at projects aiming to educate youngsters about a range of issues, from the environment right through to social needs.<\/p>\n<p>This new edition of Learning World looks at two examples from the Pacific and one in Africa on how communities are tailoring their teaching to fit their circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In many countries, education aims to produce skilled workers capable of tackling local challenges. What\u2019s the point of producing historical researchers for example, when a country is struggling to grow enough food? So educational programmes are manipulated in order to produce qualified people who can help solve national problems.<\/p>\n<p>The Galapagos Islands are famous for their marine biodiversity, and have of course their connection to Charles Darwin. The islands were removed from the UN Heritage Committee\u2019s list of endangered sites in 2010 in part due to projects training young people in conservation, environmental issues and ecology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.idealist.org//view//nonprofit//JkHgg2j2gN2D/">http:////www.idealist.org/a>/p>/n
Thanks to a unique variety of species, the Galapagos are a natural laboratory in the wild. Yet the islands also host over 5,200 primary and secondary students through a network of 20 public and private schools.<\/p>\n<p>On Santa Cruz Island Tom\u00e1s de Berlanga school is an interesting example of how education in remote places may be a challenge but also offers an extraordinary prize.<\/p>\n<p>From the Pacific Ocean to Burkina Faso in Africa, one of the world\u2019s poorest countries. Agriculture is the main source of income for most people but less than a quarter of the land is farmed. We look at one project which is teaching agricultural techniques alongside other practical skills like carpentry and sewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burkina Fasso: building skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9dougou is a medium-sized town in the Sahel region of Africa, in Burkina Faso. 80% of the inhabitants are farmers. Their livelihood depends on rainfall. The problem in this semi-arid region is that it only rains, on average, four months a year. So, how do you survive the entire 12 months? You adapt. People must find other work to get through the year. And education must adapt as well to prepare young people to survive in this difficult climate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.afrik.com//article9016.html/">http:////www.afrik.com/a>/p>/n
Finally, returning to the Pacific Ocean, we visit Kiribati, a tiny island nation, where climate change is a major preoccupation. Here, UNICEF has been providing lessons so that people are better informed and have a variety of ways of tackling it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kiribati: climate class<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kiribati is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries, spread over 33 low-lying atolls in the central and western Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Its people are experiencing a disaster that is slowly and steadily eroding their culture and home.<\/p>\n<p>Their low-lying atolls are pounded day and night by rising sea levels, which infiltrate scarce supplies of fresh water and the limited patches of fertile land.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 videos have been produced by young people from across the Pacific, taking their local experience global. They are now available online on the Unicef Pacific Youtube channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.unicef.org//infobycountry//kiribati_57819.html/">http:////www.unicef.org//infobycountry//kiribati/a>/p>/n
http:////www.unicefpacific.org/a>/p>/n In addition to UNICEF\u2019s funding of a wide range of national programmes the EU donates 3.2 million euros as part of its WASH, (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), initiative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////unfccc.int//files//press//backgrounders//application//pdf//factsheet_adaptation.pdf/">http:////unfccc.int/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki/">http:////www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki/a>/p>/n