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By mick in nz, February 26, 2011 at 4:24 am Link to this comment

I can not help but compare Americas response to Hurricane Katrina and New Zealands response to the earthquake ...thank god I live in New Zealand ...only 4 million of us and no policeman killed any victims ,the Government responded in minutes not weeks ,victims are being feed ,victims are being housed , victims are given free bottled gas for cooking,victims are given free drinking water ,victims are treated like family ...that sums it up ,we (new zealanders) know it could have been any of us ,living anywhere .So we react like we want people to react if it happens to us !18,000 students have already converged on Christchurch with shovels to clean up the wreckage, thousands of hot meals are being helicoptered into isolated areas daily (for free) and all I can say is “thank god I live in New Zealand ” ! superpower ,yea right .‘cause words mean nothing if actions don’t follow.” New Zealand the worlds newest Super Power.

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