Journal: Earthquake Day 4.  
Latest figures 123 Dead  228 missing.

323 Australian police arrived today and sworn in for NZ duties. Reason: to give NZ police a rotational rest and help deter to looters. Many empty homes looted. Worst incident 3 power generators stolen. These were supplying areas where power lines could not  be easily repaired. These looters were caught. about 10 other looters are already caught. All are in jail with no bail allowed. First court sessions March 28, or could be later.

NZ March Census cancelled. No further date given.

1000 Portaloos due to arrive from USA to bolster NZ supply. Sewage lines will be difficult to repair. Some areas estimated months.

3000 Canterbury University student volunteers signed up to help clean up liquefaction over roads and inside many houses. And when the spades and shovels run out, do any other jobs necessary. The liquefaction is mainly sandy mud and sewage.

Everything running 24 hours a day where necessary and available staff. Many people doing long overtime stints in their own time.

John Key, the Prime Minister gave a marvellous speech the first day  to boost the morale of Christchurch and the country, many TV channels using 'sound and picture bites' from the speech. The speech seems to have worked well with many.

The mayor of Christchurch, an ex TV presenter does an excellent job each morning listing what has been done the previous day and the goals ahead. That seems to go down well too with the public.

Christchurch Cathedral: The tower and spire partially collapsed during the earthquake and the stones fell inward filling the remaining standing part of the tower. At the time of the earthquake a party of 20 Japanese tourists were in the tower climbing upward, all were buried. Various tests were made for life, all were  pronounced dead. There is also a strong possibility of other tourists dead at the tower end of the cathedral on the ground floor. Visitors were seen in that vicinity. No sounds of life were detected there either. The standing remains of the tower and surrounding building are in a precarious state and removing the stone work is presently highly dangerous.

Well that is all I can manage today. Again forgive any grammatical errors, time is in short supply