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Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off coast of South Island, New Zealand, USGS says • Mar. 25, 2025, 7:48 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Magnitude 6.7 quake shakes New Zealand's South Island • Mar. 24, 2025, 6:13 PM ET (The Hindu)

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Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand
South Island, New Zealand
Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand
Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand
Banks Peninsula
Lake Hāwea
New Zealand: Aoraki/Mount Cook
New Zealand: South Island
Waitaki River
sheep grazing, South Island, New Zealand
Forest restoration in New Zealand
Behold the incredible autumn scenes in Otago, southeastern South Island, New Zealand
Women farmers in New Zealand
View the picturesque landscape of New Zealand's Southern Alps in a hot-air balloon
Experience the legendary Milford Track in New Zealand
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