"Those stranded to the south of the town will be airlifted further south." "It's understood the occupants of at least half a dozen campervans to the north of Kaikoura are due to be airlifted to the Ward Welfare Centre," the statement said. Marlborough District Council said in a statement that police were working to rescue travellers stranded to the immediate north and south of Kaikoura. The Prime Minister said waves of about 2 metres hit the coast but the tsunami threat had since been downgraded to coastal warnings. Mr Key was travelling to Kaikoura by helicopter on Monday afternoon. There were also reports that several people had suffered minor injuries in Kaikoura, police spokeswoman Rachel Purdom said. Police said one person died in the small coastal town of Kaikoura and another in Mt Lyford, a nearby ski resort. Mr Key said officials had decided not to declare a national emergency because the nation's regions were able to adequately cope with the situation. New Zealand's Geonet measured the first quake at magnitude 7.5, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.8. "But of course there are isolated parts of the country which we don't have perfect eyes on, so we can't be 100 per cent sure." "On the very best information we have at the moment, we think it's only likely to be two," Mr Key said. Two people were killed in the quake, with Prime Minister John Key telling reporters authorities had no reason to believe the death toll would rise. Hours after the initial quake, Marlborough District Council warned residents to flee to high ground immediately after a Slip Dam on the Clarence River breached, sending a large wall of water downstream. With communications cut off, emergency response teams were flying by helicopter to the region at the epicentre of the magnitude-7.8 quake, about 90 kilometres north-east of Christchurch in the South Island, amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings.Ī second earthquake, initially measured as magnitude 6.8 but revised down to 6.2, struck the South Island hours afterward, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries.
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