FRIENDS IN NEED

Six countries have sent teams to help in the rescue operation:

AUSTRALIA

Two specialist search and rescue teams of about 100 people in total.
A 22-strong medical team.
300 police on the way, with the last due by Friday.

UNITED STATES

A specialist urban search and rescue team of 75 personnel.

JAPAN

A contingent of 60 search and rescue personnel, arriving today. Japan is recognised as a world leader in earthquake-disaster recovery.

SINGAPORE

116 SAF personnel, a 55-member SCDF search and rescue squad, two C-130s with extra equipment and one KC-135R aircraft.

BRITAIN

A 63-member search and rescue team.

TAIWAN

A group of 24 search and rescue specialists.

Source of the above: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchur...scuers-expected