Haiti - help from New Zealand radio amateurs

The 3 News channel reports that amateur radio operators in New Zealand have helped in global mission for Haiti.

The article mentions Daniel Ayers and his work with the International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC).

Read the 3 News article - NZ amateur radio operators help in global mission for Haiti
http://www.3news.co.nz/NZ-amateur-radio-operators-help-
in-global-mission-for-Haiti/tabid/209/articleID/
137466/Default.aspx

The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is a global group that connects conventional amateur radio links to the Internet using VoIP for speech and live incident databases for messaging and background information.

The facility is intended to provide live links between the disaster zone and the agencies that can help or require direct communication, even if they are half a world apart.
http://www.iresc.org/

David Searle ZL3DWS has provided these additional links to this story.

NZART news item - NZ Hams helping in Haiti : http://www.nzart.org.nz/html/2010/tv-interview-br65.html

The news video from TVNZ :
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kiwi-helps-haiti-
communication-lines-3334864/video