Navy reaches quake-hit New Zealand town

Prime Minister John Key went to Kaikoura by helicopter to inspect damage to roads that cut off the seaside tourist town after the 8 magnitude tremor that struck just after midnight on Sunday. 

The government was expecting to receive satellite imagery later on Wednesday to assess massive landslips around the country. The quake buffeted much of central New Zealand and left two people dead. “Look at this road here,” Key said on his journey to Kaikoura, around 150 km (90 miles) north of Christ-church. “I just don’t see how you can ever repair that bit of road. The whole mountain has moved over.”