18 Nov 2016

HMNZS Canterbury returns to Kaikoura with supplies

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 18 November 2016
HMNZS Canterbury.

HMNZS Canterbury. Photo: NZDF

HMNZS Canterbury has returned to Kaikoura this morning with more supplies for the quake-struck region.

Warships from Australia, Canada and the United States, with about 660 sailors and four helicopters between them are also on hand to help.

However last night a convoy of 27 trucks carrying vital supplies for the hospital as well as water, fuel, enough fresh food to feed 250 people over the next week was stuck in Culverden.

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