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Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake
Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday. The...
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Foxboro Woman Describes Earthquake Damage In New Zealand
BOSTON (CBS) – A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand Monday night (local time). A Foxboro woman who just moved to that country told her story to WBZ-TV. The quake struck...
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Storm Delays Rescue Of NH Woman From South Pole
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (AP) — Efforts to evacuate an ill New Hampshire woman from the South Pole have been delayed because of a storm. Doctors suspect Renee-Nicole Douceur suffered a stroke or brain...
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Sick New Hampshire Engineer Finally Leaves South Pole
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A sick New Hampshire woman who’s been working on the South Pole for a year has successfully arrived on a plane in New Zealand for treatment. Renee-Nicole Douceur tells The...
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EnerNOC Expands Presence In New Zealand
BOSTON (CBS) -EnerNOC is expanding its presence in New Zealand. The deal allows the Boston-based energy management company to start operations on New Zealand’s south island. EnerNOC President David...
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3 BU Students Killed, 5 Injured In New Zealand Crash
BOSTON (CBS) – Three Boston University students were killed Saturday morning and five others were injured when a van they were traveling in swerved off a road in New Zealand, university officials...
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Boston University Identifies 8 Students Involved In Deadly New Zealand Crash
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston University has identified three students who were killed and five who were injured in a crash in New Zealand. The victims were from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey,...
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BU Community Mourns Loss Of 3 Classmates
BOSTON (AP) — Tori Pinheiro shed tears and shared the sorrow of the loss of her close friend as Boston University students, faculty and officials gathered in a campus plaza to mourn three classmates...
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Local Family Praying For BU Student’s Recovery After New Zealand Crash
BOSTON (CBS) – The family of Boston University student from Salisbury continues to hope and pray for her recovery following a crash in New Zealand that claimed the lives of three fellow students. WBZ...
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Parents Arrive In New Zealand To Be With BU Student Critically Hurt In Crash
BOSTON (CBS) – The parents of a Boston University student from Salisbury who was seriously injured in a crash have arrived in New Zealand to be with their ailing daughter. Meg Theriault, 21, is in...
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BU Student Felt ‘Helpless’ After Deadly Crash In New Zealand
BOSTON (CBS) – A Boston University junior told WBZ-TV he felt “helpless” when he saw the crash that killed three of his classmates in New Zealand. The students were just outside the New Zealand town...
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Safety Advocate Says Lack Of Rumble Strips May Have Contributed To New...
BOSTON (CBS) – Three Boston University students were killed Saturday morning and five others were injured when a van they were traveling in swerved off a road in New Zealand. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Jeff...
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BU Student Critically Hurt In New Zealand Crash Speaks For First Time
BOSTON (CBS) – A Boston University student from Salisbury is now awake and talking, more than two weeks after she was critically injured in a crash that claimed the lives of three classmates. Meg...
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BU Student Pleads Guilty In New Zealand Crash
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — An American student who crashed a minivan in New Zealand, killing three of his Boston University classmates, has pleaded guilty to seven counts of careless driving causing...
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Winter Solstice
BOSTON (CBS) – Well it’s here. December 21st. The winter solstice. And if we lived in New Zealand it would be the summer solstice. It will be a very short day with just a little over nine hours of...
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The Day After Christmas
BOSTON (CBS) – The day after Christmas is always so anticlimactic. The buzz- the excitement all gone. No one wishing you a Merry Christmas. The Day After Christmas Everyone who is out is intent on...
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Young Celtics Fan From New Zealand Ready For Trip To Boston
BOSTON (CBS) – At 7 a.m., from over 9,000 miles away in Auckland, New Zealand, Louis Corbett shakes off the sleep. With a permanent smile across his face and one of his favorite t-shirts on, Louis...
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New Zealand Boy Losing Vision Meets Celtics
BOSTON (CBS) – Louis Corbett is filling up a bank of visual memories, enough to last a lifetime. The 12-year-old from New Zealand has a degenerative eye disease. He is losing his sight and recently his...
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Tufts University Student, Parents Killed In New Zealand Crash
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (CBS/AP) — A Tufts University student and her parents were killed when their car crashed into a logging truck in New Zealand, authorities said Thursday. Julie Lee, 20, was...
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Plymouth Company Hopes To Bring Jetpacks To U.S.
PLYMOUTH (CBS) – A Massachusetts company is working to help bring jetpacks to the United States. Avwatch, based in Plymouth, signed a deal with Martin Aircraft of New Zealand. The two companies plan on...
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Senate Confirms Former Sen. Brown As New Zealand Envoy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed former Sen. Scott Brown as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand. The vote Thursday was 94-4. Brown is a Republican who represented Massachusetts in the Senate from...
View ArticleDavis: New Zealand Mosque Shootings Are ‘Worst-Case Scenario’
BOSTON (CBS) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday’s mass shootings at two separate mosques in Christchurch were a thoroughly planned out terrorist attack. Former Boston Police...
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Scott Brown ‘Heartbroken’ Over New Zealand Mosque Shootings
BOSTON (CBS) – U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown says he is “heartbroken” over the horrific terrorist attack there Friday. At least 49 people were killed and 20 more seriously wounded after...
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Mosque Security Increased In Massachusetts After New Zealand Attacks
BOSTON (CBS) – Police in several cities, including Boston, Cambridge and Worcester, have increased patrols outside local mosques after 49 people were killed in a terror attack at two mosques in New...
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