The New Zealand government has offered 850,000 NZ dollars (646,000 U.S. dollars) to the earthquake-hit areas in China, and government ministers pledged bottles of wine to auction.
Eighteen New Zealand government ministers each offered a bottle of wine in a charity sale and donated the money to the earthquake victims. Prime Minister Helen Clark’s wine fetched 12,600 NZ dollars (9,576 U.S. dollars).
Meanwhile, the Chinese embassy in New Zealand has received 300,000 NZ dollars (228,000 U.S. dollars) from Chinese people living in NZ as well as New Zealanders in aid for the quake victims.
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Sichuan province on May 12, leaving as many as 80,000 people dead.
[Source: Xinhua]
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