Central Plateau — At 6.30 pm Monday evening there was a small (magnitude 2) volcanic earthquake beneath Ruapehus crater lake.
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Turangi — GNS Science yesterday reported no significant new signs of cracking or movement in the Hipaua thermal area above Waihi village, allowing villagers to return to their homes.
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Turangi — Status Update: 6.30 pm, Thursday 2 July 2009.
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Turangi — Special teams of scientists are heading back into the Hipaua Thermal area this morning above the Waihi Village on Lake Taupo to continue assessing the possibility of a landslide.
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Turangi — Civil Defence in Taupo will tonight and tomorrow be assessing specialist advice from GNS Science and Opus on the state of the land above Waihi village on the southern shores of Lake Taupo.
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Turangi — Specialist scientists from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) are today flying into assess the Hipaua Thermal area above Waihi Village on Lake Taupo to assess the possibility of a landslip after recent earthquakes and rain.
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Central Plateau — There is a large thermal area above Waihi Village that poses a threat of landslide.
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Turangi — Emergency Management staff are currently looking into possible risk of a landslide in the Hipaua Thermal Area above Waihi Village The village is located north west of Turangi in the general location of a number of quakes felt over the weekend.
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