New Zealand prime minister visits towns hit by deadly quake
ABOVE KAIKOURA, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has visited towns affected by a powerful earthquake, saying officials are doing everything they can to restore infrastructure.
Key on Thursday traveled by military helicopter to the South Island towns of Waiau, Kaikoura and Kekerengu.
The magnitude 7.8 quake on Nov. 14 killed two people and triggered landslides that still block a major coastal highway. Hundreds of tourists were last week evacuated from Kaikoura in helicopters and by a navy ship.