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| New Zealand earthquake: strong aftershocks as roads and rivers blocked – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 1.00am GMT | |
| 01:00 | |
| John Key is in a helicopter flying over affected areas to survey the damage. | |
| Heading south with Gerry Brownlee and Andrew Little to check in on the people of Kaikoura and surrounding areas. pic.twitter.com/dMQ3xi5xPn | |
| 12.58am GMT | |
| 00:58 | |
| The strong aftershock was felt by Mark Gilbert, US ambassador to New Zealand & Samoa. | |
| Another aftershock. 6.6. #eqnz pic.twitter.com/LmRrGhE0Cc | |
| 12.57am GMT | |
| 00:57 | |
| More images of severe damage to roads are emerging. The task facing reconstruction teams is huge. | |
| Severe earthquake damage to roads South of Clarence stops blocks the path of motorists. #eqnz pic.twitter.com/wbaKqOWlF4 | |
| This... pic.twitter.com/RnDLLxEOV0 | |
| And one more pic.twitter.com/nM7E6KosSt | |
| 12.53am GMT | |
| 00:53 | |
| 12.44am GMT | |
| 00:44 | |
| 6.8 magnitude aftershock hits | |
| The largest earthquake since the main 7.5 quake overnight occurred just now, just after 1.35pm. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck 30km north of the town of Cheviot, which lies on the east of the South Island, south of Kaikoura. | |
| 6.8 earthquake, 39km SW of Kaikoura, New Zealand. 2016-11-14 12:34:27 at epicenter (13m ago, depth 10km). https://t.co/orVl1PLJz8 | |
| nothing like doing an i/v during a hefty aftershock and debating whether or not you need to dive under your desk | |
| Updated | |
| at 12.56am GMT | |
| 12.42am GMT | |
| 00:42 | |
| Wellington infrastructure 'held up really well' | |
| Justin Lester, the mayor of Wellington City Council, has said more detailed assessments of buildings had been carried out in the capital city. | |
| A number of buildings need some work, but in the most part the infrastructure held up really well. We won’t be entering our own council buildings tomorrow at this stage.” | |
| All the roads, tunnels and bridges are operational in Wellington, he said. | |
| WCC officers pin-pointing buildings damage and contacting owners. The EQ response has been swift and professional. Well done to all involved pic.twitter.com/4aJr1QjN6T | |
| 12.39am GMT | |
| 00:39 | |
| Raglan resident have been advised to boil their water for the next three days. | |
| #Raglan residents - boil your drinking water for the next three days #eqnz https://t.co/ttOzC62UQj | |
| The Waikato District Council said the “normally crystal clear” spring that feeds the town’s treatment plant had been discoloured by the quake. | |
| While the water that is currently in the reservoir is safe to drink, Council will begin to re-supply the water from the spring this afternoon and we are asking people to boil their drinking water for one minute over the next three days as a precautionary measure. | |
| This is on the advice from the Ministry of Health while further tests are being carried out. We believe the risk is low but this is a safety precaution to make sure everyone is kept safe. | |
| In the meantime, we also urge residents to continue reducing their non-essential water. | |
| 12.35am GMT | |
| 00:35 | |
| There will be a lot of cleaning up to do in offices, art galleries and public buildings in Wellington, where the shaking from the quake caused mayhem. | |
| Thanks for your messages. We are OK - just a few 'bruised' CDs. There's no Upbeat today but we will play requests for frayed nerves instead. pic.twitter.com/DRRy5iMe25 | |
| Oops. The Herald office looking worse for wear pic.twitter.com/zX7XuFqMTf | |
| Man down! Parliament's art collection has taken a hit from tonight's quakes pic.twitter.com/v8gCc54CJP | |
| Parliament's 120 year-old library building has a few scrapes too #eqnz pic.twitter.com/tBjrJjhqEj | |
| 12.30am GMT | |
| 00:30 | |
| 'It felt as though it wasn't going to stop' | |
| We are getting some descriptions of what it was like when the earthquake struck Wellington in the middle of the night. | |
| Nick Edwards, in the suburb of Petone, writes: | |
| We’re used to earthquakes but that one was the longest, most violent one we’ve experienced. | |
| We were lying in bed thinking “this is a strong one” ... then the quake *really* started. Rolled out of bed onto the floor. It felt as though it wasn’t going to stop as the the shaking got worse, watching the walls flex and expecting the coving to come down, listening to the bangs and cracks and groans and creaks from the building. Then big flashes from outside and showers of sparks and all the lights went out. Super scary. | |
| We grabbed the emergency kit and loaded in the kids’ clothes and watched Twitter. Once the tsunami report came through we were in the car and up to Maungaraki. As more people heeded the warnings and drove up the hill it became quite a party atmosphere. Imagine everyone parked up on the side of the road, looking out over the Hutt Valley lights, sharing stories of not being able to find the cats and other ordinary problems. One of those surreal moments. | |
| Today has been a story of no power, aftershock after aftershock and keeping the kids occupied and distracted. Based on previous experience we can expect at least one more big one. But all you can do is ignore it and get back to work. | |
| Rachel from North Wellington said it was the worst quake she had felt for 20 years: | |
| No damage at our house, up a hill on rock, but the quake was very loud, very long and very scary. The house shook for ages. Nothing fell over though. Bizarrely enough 3 of 5 of our family slept right through it. I wasn’t one of them. | |
| We have twins who are year 11, at different schools who were both due to sit their NCEA science exam today (GCSE equivalent). My son’s school went ahead with it, although school is closed to classes; my daughter’s school is in town where the damage has been much worse, and they called off the exam. As a result there are plenty of extremely stressed students out there who did not do well in their practice exams, which will be used in place of the real thing to derive their final subject grade. As far as I know, no option to resit. | |
| Small worries though in the big scheme of things. We are thankful that we are safe and our loved ones are safe too and our thoughts are with those communities who have been affected far worse. | |
| Getting lots of aftershocks, although there are galeforce winds building up and the house is shaking from that as well! | |
| Bunkering down listening to the fabulous National Radio programme to give us updates and lots of tea and coffee. | |
| 12.23am GMT | 12.23am GMT |
| 00:23 | 00:23 |
| The New Zealand department of foreign affairs and trade has published some information for visitors to the country and New Zealanders overseas following the quake. | The New Zealand department of foreign affairs and trade has published some information for visitors to the country and New Zealanders overseas following the quake. |
| It says visitors should continue to follow instructions of civil defence authorities in your region and the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) website. Those overseas with concerns about loved ones that they cannot reach directly should contact their local embassy or high commission. | It says visitors should continue to follow instructions of civil defence authorities in your region and the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) website. Those overseas with concerns about loved ones that they cannot reach directly should contact their local embassy or high commission. |