As you will know by now we were hit once again in Christchurch with two more earthquakes.

We were fortunate that no one was killed – for that we can be thankful.

On behalf of the Green Party, our thoughts go out to the people hurt yesterday and those whose houses, businesses and lives suffered in another day of damage.

I was driving through the city when the 6.0 hit.  I felt like Peter Blake surfing a 30-metre in the Southern Ocean.  The trees and lamp-posts swayed towards the car before having mercy and pulling back. 

It was immediately clear the quakes were significant and that their effects would be widespread.  All cars came to a halt and rolled with the seismic waves  like the rest of the city.  The driving thereafter, with no traffic lights and potential gridlock, was almost exemplary.  Kiwi drivers voluntarily giving way – miracles happen.

After the initial shock and as the size of the quakes sunk in to the collective consciousness, the usual fear for our city and our people kicked in.  The rush to contact friends and family began.  I count myself lucky that my whanau were OK and that our house had escaped damage, yet again.

Yesterday was another hard day for Christchurch. But the determination and resolve to rebuild this beautiful city remains.

I will be on the ground in Christchurch today doing anything and everything I can do to help, again.

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