Earthquake: Donated items flood in - Have Your Say - Rotorua Daily Post

Earthquake: Donated items flood in - Have Your Say - Rotorua Daily Post: "As goods donated by Rotorua residents make their way to Christchurch, more fundraising efforts emerge.

Rotorua More FM radio host Mike Baird launched an appeal on his breakfast show urging Rotorua residents to donate necessities for those in Christchurch and after receiving donations for a week Mr Baird is driving those items down to Christchurch."

Huge cost to repair shattered churches | Stuff.co.nz

Huge cost to repair shattered churches | Stuff.co.nz: "An insurance company that covers most of the churches in Christchurch expects damage to run into 'hundreds of millions of dollars' and says restoring the shattered ChristChurch Cathedral could alone cost tens of millions."

Worldwide disaster response round-up � Red Cross Blogs

Worldwide disaster response round-up � Red Cross Blogs: "At first glance, last week’s tragic earthquake in New Zealand and the conflict and mass displacement in Libya don’t have much in common. One thing that unites them, though, is the fact that Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers in those countries have been well trained to help their communities in times of disaster. They’ve also been able to call on support from specialists around the world."