Military staff help tourists trapped by the Kaikoura earthquakes as they arrive by military helicopters at Woodend School grounds near Christchurch. to move approximately 200 of those tourists and residents south." The tribe had fed them with crayfish, a delicacy for which the South Island town is famous. Prime Minister John Key said the United States had offered two helicopters to the NZ Defence Force to help evacuate people. The choppers are from the destroyer USS Sampson, which is in New Zealand for the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 14, 2016 19:48 UTC