A lot of people don’t quite realize how bad the earthquake damage was in NZ, which their former prime minister who helped out with Haiti stated that the damage was of the same level. I decided to post some before and afters of the damage. The befores were taken by me and the afters I found on the NZ Herald website. Compare:

If you would like to find out how you can help out, you can go here, NZ Herald has set up a long list of things they could use help with. My thoughts go out to all the lives lost, hopefully the quakes can end and they can begin to rebuild.