A huge cleanup effort organised by Canterbury’s farmers is moving through the suburbs of Christchurch, shifting tonnes of silt and sand.
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Efforts from several Agricultural companies to bring water into the city are continuing, as around 65,000 residents are still without mains or waste water services.
Leading economists are calling for the reserve bank to take action on behalf of the country in anticipation of the earthquake’s financial fallout.
Farmers and agricultural companies are ramping up support for those in Christchurch city and the outlying suburbs.
A meeting between 50 of the Country’s biggest companies took place yesterday in an effort to co-ordinate a large scale response to the quake.
The impact of the earthquake on New Zealand’s economy has already been felt, with our dollar falling to 74c against the greenback at the close of trading on Thursday.
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Reports coming in from the rural areas around Christchurch are showing Canterbury’s farmland has escaped the disaster relatively unscathed.
Geologists analysing Tuesday’s devastating earthquake say it is probably related to the one which rocked the city on September 4.
The Port at Lyttleton is scheduled to reopen on Thursday afternoon to allow food and supplies into the tiny community in the middle of Tuesday’s earthquake.
