notes: FROM RELIEF WEB: Australia: New Zealand red cross has sent emergency staff to queensland Source: New Zealand Red Cross Date: 14 Jan 2011 A four-person New Zealand Red Cross team has joined the relief effort after unprecedented flooding in Queensland. The staff are experienced in disaster and emergency response and will work with Australian Red Cross. For more information click here. Further details on the flood situation can be found on the Australian Red Cross website. New Zealand Red Cross is accepting donations to support the Australian Red Cross relief and recovery operation through its Australian Floods Fund. To donate: • Text "Flood" to 336 to donate $3. Texts are free from New Zealand Telecom, Vodafone or 2degree phones. • Make a secure online donation here. • Post a cheque (made payable to New Zealand Red Cross) to Red Cross Australian Floods Fund, Freepost 232690, PO Box 12140, Thorndon, Wellington 6144. • Donate at Kiwibank, ANZ, ASB, BNZ, National or TSB branches. Sorry, but Red Cross cannot accept unsolicted donated clothing, food or other goods. New Zealanders unable to contact missing family in the affected areas should first ring the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade hotline on 0800 432 111. Alternatively click here to go to the Australian Red Cross National Registration and Inquiry System. International Red Cross tracing requests can also be started by completing this form and fowarding it to familylinks@redcross.org.nz. This enquiry will be registered with the Australian Red Cross disaster tracing service. thank you, new zealand! ======================================= FROM RELIEF WEB: RED CROSS TO SEND EMERGENCY STAFF TO QUEENSLAND Source: New Zealand Red Cross Date: 11 Jan 2011 New Zealand Red Cross is preparing to send a three-person management team to join Australian Red Cross counterparts helping in the Queensland floods. The team, whose composition is still being finalised, will be briefed in Wellington and is expected to fly to Australia in about 48 hours. "We're sending some of our emergency management staff to boost Australian Red Cross coordination capacity after the dramatic worsening of the situation since yesterday," said New Zealand Red Cross International Operations Manager Andrew McKie. "The team will perform management functions to support Australian Red Cross emergency coordination." New Zealand Red Cross' team is expected to spend 10 days at the Australian Red Cross coordination centre in Brisbane, with possible rotation of fresh staff. Meanwhile, Red Cross is directing offers of donations to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Response Appeal (http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html). "We're encouraging people to donate cash to the established Queensland premier fund rather than goods because it means the right aid can be given more quickly and can often be bought locally to support economic recovery," said Mr McKie. (For more details, click http://www.redcross.org.nz/moneynotgoods.) -> FROM RELIEF WEB: Australia: New Zealand red cross has sent emergency staff to queensland Source: New Zealand Red Cross Date: 14 Jan 2011 A four-person New Zealand Red Cross team has joined the relief effort after unprecedented flooding in Queensland. The staff are experienced in disaster and emergency response and will work with Australian Red Cross. For more information click here. Further details on the flood situation can be found on the Australian Red Cross website. New Zealand Red Cross is accepting donations to support the Australian Red Cross relief and recovery operation through its Australian Floods Fund. To donate: • Text "Flood" to 336 to donate $3. Texts are free from New Zealand Telecom, Vodafone or 2degree phones. • Make a secure online donation here. • Post a cheque (made payable to New Zealand Red Cross) to Red Cross Australian Floods Fund, Freepost 232690, PO Box 12140, Thorndon, Wellington 6144. • Donate at Kiwibank, ANZ, ASB, BNZ, National or TSB branches. Sorry, but Red Cross cannot accept unsolicted donated clothing, food or other goods. New Zealanders unable to contact missing family in the affected areas should first ring the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade hotline on 0800 432 111. Alternatively click here to go to the Australian Red Cross National Registration and Inquiry System. International Red Cross tracing requests can also be started by completing this form and fowarding it to familylinks @ redcross.org.nz. This enquiry will be registered with the Australian Red Cross disaster tracing service. thank you, new zealand! ======================================= FROM RELIEF WEB: RED CROSS TO SEND EMERGENCY STAFF TO QUEENSLAND Source: New Zealand Red Cross Date: 11 Jan 2011 New Zealand Red Cross is preparing to send a three-person management team to join Australian Red Cross counterparts helping in the Queensland floods. The team, whose composition is still being finalised, will be briefed in Wellington and is expected to fly to Australia in about 48 hours. "We're sending some of our emergency management staff to boost Australian Red Cross coordination capacity after the dramatic worsening of the situation since yesterday," said New Zealand Red Cross International Operations Manager Andrew McKie. "The team will perform management functions to support Australian Red Cross emergency coordination." New Zealand Red Cross' team is expected to spend 10 days at the Australian Red Cross coordination centre in Brisbane, with possible rotation of fresh staff. Meanwhile, Red Cross is directing offers of donations to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Response Appeal (http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html). "We're encouraging people to donate cash to the established Queensland premier fund rather than goods because it means the right aid can be given more quickly and can often be bought locally to support economic recovery," said Mr McKie. (For more details, click http://www.redcross.org.nz/moneynotgoods.)

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