After a hard day's work there's nothing quite like sitting down and cracking open a beer. Especially if you're the volunteers helping clean up earthquake-ravaged Kaikoura and Waiau.

The towns are in the process of getting back on their feet after November 14's massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

Dale Green and Anita Buckingham have taken it upon themselves to make sure the volunteers could enjoy a well-earned brew.

SUPPLIED/ FACEBOOK Beer was donated by generous Tuatapere locals.

The pair from High Country Helicopters in Tuatapere, northwest of Invercargill, delivered 40 24-packs of beer donated by local farmers, the Four Square supermarket, contractors, and the volunteer fire brigade on Saturday.

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"We got some work to do up here so rather than come up empty handed we thought we would bring some refreshments," he said.

Green said everyone in Kaikoura was "pretty stoked" when the beer arrived.

Green and his team travelled to Waiau on Saturday to wash rocks off a slip caused by last Monday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

"We're in Waiau and it's not too bad, a bit of wreckage around, but not too bad."