Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Taiwan will send a rescue team Tuesday night to New Zealand after a powerful earthquake struck one of New Zealand's largest cities Tuesday morning, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA).
Taiwan's representative office in New Zealand has been gathering information since a 6.3-magnitude quake struck Christchurch and killed at least 70 Tuesday morning Taiwan time and hasn't reported any injury or death among more than 600 Taiwanese living in the country, group tourists and backpackers, MOFA spokesman James Chang said.
Taiwan's National Fire Agency is scheduled to send a rescue team, which consists of 24 members and two search dogs, to New Zealand vis Sydney, Australia Tuesday night, according to a foreign ministry official. The team will also carry resuce equipment and humanitarian aids.(By Chris Wang) enditem/jc