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• Children's homework pages 

 

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Olympic Games

The Olympic Games have become one of the biggest sporting events, with athletes from the whole world taking part.

 

The next Olympic Games will take place in London, England, from 27 July - 12 August 2012.

 

 

 

 

Earthquakes

An earthquake is the sudden shaking of the ground that occurs when masses of rock change position below the Earth's surface. GeoNet locates between 50 and 80 earthquakes each day in New Zealand, but most of those are minor and not big enough to be felt. Read more for general information about why earthquakes happen and some notable historic New Zealand earthquakes including the recent Canterbury earthquakes.