500-people have reported feeling weak to moderate shaking from the quake, 45 kilometres north of Te Anau at a depth of 92 kilometres, shortly after 10am.

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13 Sep: Thousands are moving through Auckland's CBD in today's pro-Palestine march, monitored by a slew of Police officers

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