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The residents of a town off by last week's New Zealand earthquake have a somewhat unusual but welcome air delivery – enough fast food to a small army. The mercy mission to the town of Kaikoura organized by a plasterer from the town of Nelson 130 kilometres to the north. Robert Coombes, 49, three days gathering donations from people and as much fast food as he could with the cash. He a friend's light aircraft with 400 pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken, 300 McDonald's burgers, 50 Domino's pizzas, and hundreds of candies. His cargo of tasty treats in Kaikoura in time for lunch on Friday. Kaikoura the town worst by the magnitude 7.8 quake.

Mr Coombes to reporters that he wanted to " a smile on people's faces, even if it's only for one day". He added: "There's necessities, but with kids, you a bit more than bread and water. I just I'd fill the plane with junk food and a little bit of happiness to the place…. It's just a good human being." Coombes said the manager of KFC and McDonald's his idea and their staff started work two hours earlier to the goodies. Main roads and rail links to Kaikoura have been by massive landslides. There have been well over 2,000 aftershocks since Monday and the government is warning that there are likely to more.