Securing our Future: Response to John Campbell of Campbell Live 20 May 2013 – Guest post by Herman Meijburg

Hi John, I was much impressed with what you shared with us on your last night’s program “Campbell Live” (21st May 2013). Listening to my fellow Cantabrians and what they had to say quietened me down. When you talk about …

Whatever happened to the EQC Review?

Letter to the Minister of Education

Dear Mr. John Key (Prime Minister of New Zealand) – Guest Post by Darla Hutt

Govt and Council must jointly support residents

WeCAN Official Information's Requests May 2013

Southern Response…. well this is interesting….

Locked out of undamaged factory for 815 days and still counting…..

SCAPE 7 Public Art Christchurch Biennial

Democracy Won’t Work Without YOUR Participation

In a recent opinion piece in the Christchurch Press by public law specialist Mai Chen she states that “” (see ). This is so true! Her observation is directly related to something else I hold critical in the post earthquake phase of ‘recovery’ and the motivation behind why I keep writing this blog. That ‘something’ can be explained in one word –.

Christchurch Rebuild Procurement: Mitigating Risks & Minimising Costs

Phillipstown School hopeful of staying open, UC legal expert says

Christchurch houses sold by auction almost doubled since 2010, UC research shows

Maori and Charter/Partnership Schools

Quake Claims Payouts May Fall Short

See below the link to a good Press article by a good friend of ours Mike Columbus of New Zealand Home Loans

CERA Expo – Winners Announced

Letter to the Minister of Education via CCC Notice of Motion – Please Explain

Arc in the Park

Emergency Response Team Volunteers Needed

Taranaki Community Emergency Response Team (TCERT) From the North Taranaki Midweek, May 8 2013 via the TCERT Facebook Page. CD LOOKING FOR RECRUITS The Taranaki Community Emergency Response Team provides a professionally managed volunteer support team for Emergency Management with in Taranaki in accordance with Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management national guidelines. Team [...]

Submission for: Andrea Newman’s Petition: Pay 100% RV to vacant landowners in the Red Zones Finance and Expenditure Select Committee 12th April 2013 – Guest Post Andrea Newman

Outline of the Red Section Owners Group: There are 89 owners of vacant land in the Red Section Owners group, organised by two spokespeople and supported by a committee of six members. Table 1: Red Section Owners Flat Land Port …

Advocacy Service Desperately Needed

New visitor information campaign aimed at Christchurch residents

Christchurch-born artist Ronnie van Hout part of Populate!

UC researchers investigating how couples were impacted by the 2010 and 2011 quakes

UC engineer wins quake award

CanCERN Newsletter #82 - 3rd May 2013

Considering Desiderata & Disaster

Christchuch Earthquakes-Locked out of undamaged factory for 800 days…

Do we still own our building?  who knows – 273 days…… We wait for “the powers that be” to see what has been proposed for our area. Who knows what nonsense they are cooking up.  I have my suspicions.  An Easter Island statue or monuments!

Seeking independant advice

Knowledge is power – According to Sir Francis Bacon. The more knowledge you possess the more you can do, which in turn leads to having more power.

OPEN KITCHEN FEATURE OF NEW CENTRAL CITY EATERY

Natural Disasters Occur in a Political Space

20,000 visitors experience Quake City attraction

welcomed its 20,000 visitor today.

Reflections on ANZAC Day 2013, St. Ambrose Church, Aranui Christchurch

New retail clusters offer Cantabrians and visitors more options

ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget The Volunteers

The Origins of ANZAC Day & NZ Volunteer Responders ANZAC Day has its origins in the First World War, and is timed to coincide with the initial landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and the first major battle of the war. After the Second World War, it became a day that remembered and honoured [...]

Council unanimously agrees to Insurance Advocacy Service

Media Release – Christchurch City Council unanimously agrees to Insurance Advocacy Service “

Goodbye Everyone from EQC Truths

Council agrees to Insurance Advocacy Service

Discovery reopens at Canterbury Museum

RENDEZVOUS RETURNS TO CHRISTCHURCH

Visit us at the CERA Rebuild and Recovery Expo & win a Jet Boat ride

Lianne Dalziel - Speech to Christchurch East LEC AGM

Hon Lianne Dalziel

Calling for an Investigation

Bay Times Article: Responders – Christchurch Earthquake Books

Co-Author, Pete Seager, is in the news about our book, Responders: The NZ Response Teams Christchurch Earthquake Deployment. It’s great to have recognition outside of Christchurch for the book, and more importantly for the teams. When I agreed to help the New Zealand Response Teams write and publish the book, it was my goal that [...]

Hospital network adapted promptly following the earthquakes

AvON asks council to create wetlands in residential red zone

Creating and restoring wetlands within the Avon River red zone will greatly improve the quality of the Avon River, says the Avon-Otakaro Network (AvON).

FREE Hosted Job Card Tracking available

In order to give smaller companies the chance to make use of an easy going we have decided to release a single user job tracking system.

Ode to Christchurch

O’Loughlin’s v Tower Insurance Limited – Summary of Findings relating to the Red Zone

Does anyone remember being asked whether we wanted Charter Schools?

Where to From Here?

CERA Residential Advisory Service: Advocacy needed

NEC3 Training in Christchurch - expert tuition in the Term Service Contract

Today’s Bombshell; EQC Makes $100,000,000 in Overpayments!

UC research into green planted-roofs

The Hon Gerry Brownlee: Urgently amend the EQC claims management process – Guest Post

What Ian Simpson Says in Internal E-mails

Ian Simpson Refuses Debate with EQC Truths

Brownlee’s response to EQC Truths’ claims

Below you will find a link containing an interview with Gerry Brownlee.  I do not have time to comment now, but this will certainly interest the blog’s readers.  What does everyone think?    EQC Truths    http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/player/ondemand/593605751-brownlee-s-response-to-eqc-truths–claims

EQC Truths Newstalk ZB Interview

Guest Post on Reid Stiven

Below you will find some commentary from an ex-EQC employee about the illustrious Reid Stiven.  I did not write this, but I am sharing it pursuant to his request.  Reid is welcome to post a rebuttal or perhaps ask Ian Simpson to debate me, something that he is unwilling to do at this stage despite [...]