NEW ZEALAND HERALD: Cabinet will hold an emergency meeting at 9.30am to decide whether to declare a national state of emergency, Prime Minister John Key says.
Mr Key arrived back from Christchurch this morning and headed straight to the Beehive.
Although a state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch, Mr Key said a national state of emergency would give central government more capacity to act.
"We have enormous faith in the leadership fo Christchurch and we want to give them all the support we can."
He said the short term focus was on rescue and recovery, but it would quickly move to restoring core infrastructure and providing support for "a city that will effectively have to be rebuilt." >>> Claire Trevett | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
