Hills red zone grows with fears of rockfalls

Response from Ian Simpson, Earthquake Commission

Read the response below. Ian Simpson, Earthquake Commission CEO Response

Ideas for Avon red zone

A reformed Madras Street

Day 539 - Cathedral Co-op on a roll

Earthquake Royal Commission–Engineering training and education and the organisation of the profession.

Punting on Avon River Re-opens in City Centre

One of Christchurch’s most identifiable attractions, Punting on the Avon, will start again in the city centre on Friday August 17.

More pressure on EQC over insurance delays

A Christchurch home owner whose property was severely damaged in the quakes says the Earthquake Commission has delayed his insurance settlement.

The demolition of the QEII stadium

Engineer would not have approved remedial work

The engineer who first identified the Canterbury Television building did not meet building standards says he would never have approved the strengthening work eventually done to fix it.

Quake claims need to be prioritised better - Sutton

Quake claims need to be prioritised better - Sutton

Earthquake recovery boss Roger Sutton is calling for better ''triaging'' of insurance and Earthquake Commission (EQC) claims so those most in need get their homes fixed first.

Coroner to resume CTV inquiry

Quake rebuild to take two years longer

Quake rebuild to take two years longer

The repair and rebuild of Canterbury homes will probably take seven years rather than five, Westpac Bank says.

CTV deaths inquest to start again

Over 250 natural hazard specialists to meet in Christchurch

CTV occupants' concerns not listened to

Witness reports that the Canterbury Television building was "livelier" after the Boxing Day 2010 earthquake "fell on deaf ears", an engineer says.

Helen Clark: 'Building Resilience: the importance of prioritising disaster risk reduction'

CTV building's design a flaw of bygone era

After an eight week hearing into the catastrophic collapse of Christchurch's CTV building, the engineer whose firm designed it has now apologised to families of the 115 people who died.

Pawnbrokers' activity increases post-quake

Artist's quake commemoration creation

Suspicious EQC claims go to police

Complain about EQC to Ombudsman

New community centre planned for Shirley

Blueprint 'land grab' under fire

Ensuring local food supplies

TEDxEQChCh 2012 Uncontained tickets available

TEDxEQChCh 2012: Uncontained is just three weeks away! 

Residents advised to self evacuate for second night

Drunk quake workers spark disorder

CTV engineer 'was experienced'

Australia updates Chch travel warning

Secret meeting to be held on Port Hills’ future

Secret meeting to be held on Port Hills’ future

The Christchurch City Council will meet behind closed doors this afternoon to discuss the future of quake-damaged houses in the Port Hills.

Updated Australian travel advisory welcomed

Gerry Brownlee | Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

CTV designer sorry

The engineer who designed the Canterbury Television building has called its collapse a "worst-nightmare scenario" and apologised for any mistakes he made.

Aug 14: LPC site bought by the Council!

The Lyttelton Petanque Club site has been bought by the Council to ensure Lyttelton has a ‘Town Square’, yay! Read more …    

Community Update 14 August 2012

Aug 14: Re-Entry Youth Concert! (#23)

This event on a vacant site on Gloucester Street, CBD, was envisioned by a group of eight 14-17 year olds from St Andrews College, St Margarets, Cashmere High School and Hagley Community College after attending a Gap Filler workshop at White Elephants ‘WE Speak’ Conference in May 2012.  During this workshop which Trent and Coralie [...]

Heritage structures may be affected

Shirley community centre to be demolished

Crown likely to sell off CBD land

Crown likely to sell off CBD land

The Government is unlikely to hold on to the land it buys in earthquake-hit central Christchurch for long.

ChCh Cathedral demolition decision may be months away

EQC change TC3 drilling FAQ again

Old railway station demolition begins

Morgans Valley residents split on home zoning

Buyout cost on table - secretly

Technical Category 3 (TC3) - investigations and assessments Factsheet

EQC update regarding claim queries and action for the next 30 months 

Priority for repair work

Personal Milestone - 4,000th hour met - Day 705

Today a massive milestone has been reached. 4,000 hours! At 2pm I ticked over my 4,000th hour actively working on this website, the foundation, the community networking and everything else earthquake recovery related since September 10th 2010 when I started this. All of this is volunteered time and I am looking very much forward to the next few years of continued hard work and results.

Housing New Zealand returns to CBD

Red Zone zoning review and signing the Government offer.

New Zealand Contractors’ Federation welcome InfraTrain/SCIRT partnership

Christchurch residents offered mediation

EQC slams numbers accusations

CTV code compliance suggestions 'opportunistic'

Fruit and veggie co-ops workshop

Moore says bonds could fund rebuild

Moore says bonds could fund rebuild

The cash-strapped Christchurch City Council should raise bonds against its assets to pay its share of the rebuild costs, says former mayor Garry Moore.