Infection, frustration, stress

Silt under the floorboards, holes in the roof, dust permeating the walls and chest colds all round.

Christchurch rebuild design boosts hiring plans

The Christchurch Central Development Unit blueprint has boosted building firms' hiring confidence to record levels, but nationwide that confidence is lower than a year ago, a ManpowerGroup survey shows.

Brownlee fed up with 'moaning residents'

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is "sick and tired" of technical category 3 (green-blue) residents "carping and moaning" about their situation.

Money, health and progress worries for TC3 residents

Nearly 400 residents in the worst quake-hit areas of the city are living in a house with major damage, with a further 33 doing so despite feeling unsafe.

Eco-city of the future

“Christchurch is a biodiversity hot spot and we now have the amazing successional dynamics of the urban ecosystem to observe. We should have been open for business as an eco-city from day one, so we’d better do it now then!”

Christchurch’s Hospital Redevelopment Partnership Group established

Tony Ryall | Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

Giant rugby ball teed up as Chch bar

New Zealand's giant inflatable rugby ball is coming to Christchurch and will be transformed into a restaurant and bar.

Geotechnical land remediation - Land zone categories 0 - 9

This is a now hidden article from the EQC website which shows that they are categorising the level of damage on the ground. Many of us have heard that EQC are categorising the land in each zone especially TC3 in a group from 1 - 9. This article which we have sourced from the global website archive system which has archived the site before EQC took this down shows what this means. 

Response from Roger Sutton, CERA

Engineer: failed building techniques still used in Chch

Richardson Terrace, Woolston

Christchurch quake drama gets NZ On Air funding

Welcome to our blog

Welcome to the For Real Blog! FOR REAL is a training and employment campaign to help repair
Christchurch’s roading and underground piping. For this Christchurch Rebuild project, we are looking to train and employ up to 900 workers!

In Your Street Party – 28th October

Designers should 'take more responsibility'

Building designers need to take more responsibility for their work instead of "sitting back" and letting local councils fix their mistakes, an inquiry has heard.

NZ Constitutional Advisory Panel

Engineer blasts 'substandard practices'

A structural engineer has launched a broadside at his industry, declaring it to be in "absolute crisis" and guilty of allowing illegal building practices in Christchurch.

Cera spent $3.6m on communications

Fix our Homes TC3 - Gerry's Response

Gerry Brownlee has responded to the Fix Our Homes TC3 letter - his response below and the here 

Day 555 - office reopens

The Addington Action office has reopened today after a 5 day staff break.

Day 565 - office reopens

The Addington Action office has reopened today after a 5 day staff break.

Chch insurers score low in satisfaction survey

More than one-third of Christchurch residents have filed an insurance claim for earthquake damage and many are unhappy with their provider's performance.

Threat to Christchurch shopping precinct

Prime Minister’s Address: Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service, Tohoku, Japan

The earthquake

Response from Gerry Brownlee, Minister for Earthquake Recovery and EQC

Holiday activities in The Palms

Leave your children for up to an hour in the hands of childcare professionals at the Creativity Centre while you go shopping in The Palms during the first week of the school holidays. Eventful Kids will be in Centre from …

Minister welcomes new insurance offerings

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the news that Westpac and Lumley Insurance have teamed up to write new construction and full replacement home and contents cover in greater Christchurch.

Key visits tsunami zone, shares Japan's frustration

Christchurch Reflections by Toni Hannah

I grew up in Christchurch. Spent my early teenage years wandering round the city on a Friday night, went to the movies, met friends in the Square, and waited for the late bus home. Spent my pocket money on late night shopping Fridays, drank Coke rather than coffee and convinced myself I was grown up. The city was a vast playground for my friends and I; sights and sounds waiting to be discovered around every corner. Then the later teenage years arrived. I partied with friends in the CBD’s b ...

Youthtown holiday programme

Places are still available on the October school holiday programme run by Youthtown in Aranui.You don’t need to live in Aranui but for some events you may need to be aged 14 and over and can pay the fees requested. …

Westpac breaks insurance deadlock in Christchurch

Press Release from Westpac

Minister welcomes new insurance offerings

Gerry Brownlee | Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

BUSINESS OPTIMISM ON THE INCREASE IN CANTERBURY, BUT CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD

A survey of a sub-set of Canterbury small businesses severely impacted by the earthquake shows optimism is on the increase and sales are trending up, but they are still facing some weighty issues. These businesses identified as being particularly adversely affected by the earthquake continue to face challenges with respect to cashflow, marketing, fatigue and rebuilding issues.

Britain heads list of rebuild workers

Britain, the Philippines and Ireland head the list of countries providing labour for Christchurch's rebuild.

Insurance hike adds to debt woes

Canterbury University's insurance premiums have shot up 600 per cent to an estimated $7 million next year as the institution battles increasing debt.

Cera neglects people's plight - psychologist

Super-church impractical - expert

Study casts light on quake impact

It killed 185 people and devastated a city, but the catastrophic Christchurch earthquake did not cause any significant changes in the tectonic stresses on the region as a whole, scientists have discovered.The finding is a key outcome...

South Brighton Playcentre - Kids Market

South Brighton Playcentre are having a Kids Market - it is on Saturday the 22nd of September, more information below

Life becomes harder for city's disabled

Two 'deliberate' fires in red zone – police

Farewell Brooklands

Around 200 residents of the Christchurch suburb of Brooklands have turned up to the domain to farewell their suburb.

Consultation Meetings Announced for Initial Plan

The Christchurch Coastal Pathway project has moved on to a very exciting investigative stage! Wraight + Associates have been engaged by the Christchurch City Council to develop an initial plan for the pathway which can be used for funding purposes. See below for details of community consultation meetings coming up in September & October 2012 . Diary meetings for yourself now – your contributions at these meetings will be vital.

Anglicans talk of super-cathedral

Historic super-cathedral plan

Anglicans in Christchurch are talking about sharing a cathedral with the Catholics, a move that would have worldwide ramifications. OLIVIA CARVILLE reports.

Day 552 - Christchurch homeowners face long wait for rebuild

September 8 2012
By Rebecca Macfee

Insurance is all about peace of mind. For a modest sum of money, you enter into a contract with an organisation skilled in understanding risk, which agrees to reinstate your asset in the event of loss. When times are good and you have no need to draw down on it, you can rest easy; and when catastrophe strikes, your insurance policy sees you right and gets you back on your feet. In New Zealand, a country carved up by fault-lines, pockmarked w ...

Day 562 - Christchurch homeowners face long wait for rebuild

September 8 2012
By Rebecca Macfee

Insurance is all about peace of mind. For a modest sum of money, you enter into a contract with an organisation skilled in understanding risk, which agrees to reinstate your asset in the event of loss. When times are good and you have no need to draw down on it, you can rest easy; and when catastrophe strikes, your insurance policy sees you right and gets you back on your feet. In New Zealand, a country carved up by fault-lines, pockmarked w ...

The business of NZ Inc

Original beauty at the heart of Knox Church

It is Christchurch's most famous interior. Once hidden within an armour of brick, the vaulted ceiling and timber columns of Knox Church in Bealey Ave became the regular backdrop to television news broadcasts in the aftermath of the February earthquake.

Sumner apartments coming down

Northbound Fitzgerald Ave to reopen

Press.co.nz applauded for quake coverage

Southern Response progress information

Huge disruption is 'progress'

Bigger the claim, the worse people feel

The bigger your property claim with the Earthquake Commission (EQC), the less happy you are and the less likely your repairs have been done.

Earthquake Royal Commission – CTV enquiry: closing submissions on behalf of bereaved families and those injured

Janine Starks on intergenerational wealth, insurance claims, earthquake stress and elderly parents.

Tearful end to CTV inquiry

Day 551 - fruit & veggie orders

There are 276 orders from the distribution centres for fruit and veggie packs next week. These will be packed and distributed on Wednesday 12 September.

4 Addington Action
20 Eureka St
13 Generation Health
9 KidsFirst Kindergarten Selwyn St
50 Manuka Cottage
40 Opawa Baptist
9 Rowley Ave School
23 Rowley Resource Centre
31 Salvation Army Sydenham
7 St Bernadette's Hall
40 Sydenham Community Centre
30 West Spreydon School

The start time for all pa ...