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Community to have say on red zone’s future

Gerry Brownlee | Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

The Other Side To The Recovery

Recently I have been writing here, weekly, about current events and activities, such as new buildings, where insurers and authorities are at and the progress being made. At times this has been criticized for not discussing the issues people are facing, such as the housing shortage, insurance etc. Whilst these issues are of grave concern, there is also an appropriate time and place for discussions on these and to focus on solutions and outcomes.  

TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF FINANCIAL HELP AVAILABLE TO CANTERBURY COMMUNITY GROUPS

Three years on from the Canterbury earthquakes, many community and social  service organisations remain stretched by additional demand for their services.

MBIE guidance for multi-unit residential buildings released

Additional MBIE guidance for multi-unit residential buildings released

Group aims to revive Brighton

A New Brighton group wanting to "give power back to the people" will look to community funding to revitalise the seaside suburb.

Building Amendment (Earthquake Prone Buildings) Bill

Release: Ann Brower

Migrant rebuild workers face housing crisis

Christchurch businesses which are reliant on migrant workers are sounding the alarm about a shortage of accommodation for new recruits.

Campaign finds 50 houses to fix

A community-led Christchurch door-knocking campaign to find cold, unsafe and unsanitary homes before winter has identified more than 50 in need of repair.

Land advertising underway

1000th Christchurch state house repair marked

1000th Christchurch state house repair marked

Key decisions from today’s Council meeting 10/4/2014

The Christchurch City Council Earthquake committee met today and the following key decisions were made:

14 High Risk Intersections in Christchurch to be improved

Christchurch has 14 of the New Zealand’s riskiest intersections and they are being  targeted for safety improvements as part of the Government’s on-going effort to reduce death and injury on our roads.

Angus Bargh: Christchurch Roads

Transportation Planning Manager for SCIRT Angus Bargh talks to Newstalk ZB's Richard Green about the traffic clogging up the cities roads.

Quake Rebuild Insurance Woes Relentless

Quake Rebuild Insurance Woes Relentless

Let’s Find & Fix

Future Chch likely 'a letdown'

New Alpine Fault Earthquake Research

Let's Find and Fix helping Chch for winter

A new community-led campaign will make repairs to what could be hundreds of damaged homes.

New Brighton

Community Energy Action’s Curtain Bank going mobile

The Curtain Bank is one of Community Energy Action Charitable Trust’s projects.

More Canterbury children seek help

Release: 0800Whatsup

Daylight Saving’s end means tsunami warning testing

Christchurch’s tsunami warning siren system will be tested at 11am this Sunday 6 April 2014, with the sirens sounding for one to two minutes. This testing is in keeping with Christchurch City Council’s twice-yearly testing of the sirens on the Sundays that Daylight Saving begins and ends.

Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Pay Outs Crosses $11 Billion Mark

Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Pay Outs Crosses $11 Billion Mark

Quake insurance payouts top $11 billion

Canterbury earthquake victims have now collected more than $11 billion in insurance claims.

30 homes in anti-liquefaction pilot

The number of Canterbury properties with increased liquefaction risk will not be known before May, the Earthquake Commission (EQC) says.

Lynched- Monday 31 March - Phil Twyford

Govt cash urged for housing

The Government should be intervening in Christchurch's housing market by making low-interest loans available to developers so the cost of building homes is reduced.

High Court earthquake list

Council adopts cycleway route names

Riders pedalling along the city’s new Major Cycleway routes will be able to navigate their way along the Papanui Parallel, Wheels to Wings, Quarryman’s Trail or Nor’West Arc.

New Brighton going it alone

A new company plans to kickstart the rebuild of New Brighton using public donations because the Christchurch City Council has "no plan" for revitalising the seaside suburb.

Pre-notification feedback sought on District Plan review options

Christchurch residents and property owners are urged to let the Council know their views on options on draft chapters and maps being considered as part of the District Plan review.

Insurance service tackles 80 cases

Mike Coleman is promising to tone it down.

Guidance for risk-based building consenting

This document outlines the Risk Based Building Consents.

Christchurch Rebuild: Dominick Stephens: Let's not go blindly into the 'danger' phase

This rebuild is a huge task to be undertaken in a tiny economy.

Suburban development killing CBD

The Christchurch City Council wants to stem the haemorrhage of business from the central city by clamping down on commercial growth in the suburbs.

Quake repairs: Can we trust insurers?

What is going on when the insurers start talking about jacking and packing your foundations? Are Cantabrians getting a fair deal? JOHN McCRONE investigates.

Dumping in Residential Red Zone under investigation

While the dumping of commercial and domestic waste in the Residential Red Zone has been an issue for some time, a joint investigation by CERA, ECan and the Christchurch City Council in to illegal industrial waste dumping by a contractor is now underway.

Disillusionment And Stress in Canterbury

The CERA Wellbeing Survey highlights the stresses caused by living in a post-disaster environment.

Secondary stressors now a larger factor for earthquake affected residents

Results of the third Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority Wellbeing Survey released today show secondary stressors are now more keenly felt by those affected by the earthquakes.

Lynched- Monday 17 March - Lianne Dalziel

Call to spend land-damage payouts fixing sections

Insurers want a law change so in future people are forced to use EQC land-damage payouts on fixing their sections rather than pocketing the money or spending it elsewhere.

A request to Council.

Thank you for the Hazard Forum on the weekend.

Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Rebuild Programme Presentation

Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Rebuild Programme. Presented by Samson Samasoni, ICNZ Communications Manager

Quake floor levels under review

Rebuild Programme Progress Presentation by ICNZ

CanCERN and Insurance Council New Zealand facilitated a session for a small group of community leaders including look in more detail at the Canterbury Insurance Rebuild Programme progress.

Recovery not just an 'insurance issue'

EQC 'waiting for us to die'

The boxes are still stacked up in Marlene Naish's home.

Agencies prepared in case of heavy rain

Key agencies met this afternoon to finalise preparations ahead of forecast rain over the weekend.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Questions and answers from CERA

Questions asked 17 February via email to CERA. 

Fund available for suburban centre projects

A fund for transitional projects in suburban centres is open for applications.

Agencies prepare city for forecast extreme weather

Christchurch City Council, Civil Defence and key agencies are putting precautions in place ahead of forecast rain over the weekend.

Reid Stiven: How is EQC doing?

Reid Stiven from the EQC talks to Newstalk ZB's Chris Lynch about how things are going with EQC and how he feels they are dealing with people's claims

Focus on older wood burners this winter

This winter, homeowners with wood burners which are 15 or more years old will be under the spotlight as Environment Canterbury continues its commitment to protecting the community’s health by cleaning up Canterbury air.

A Visit to the Suburbs and a Parting Nor’ Wester

Has EQC prioritised VIP's, Politicians, TV and Sports Stars insurance claims ahead of the elderly and vulnerable?

Have EQC prioritised VIP's, Politicians, TV and Sports Stars insurance claims ahead of the elderly and vulnerable?! !

The Planning of New Christchurch Part Four: Anchornomics

“Is this what you meant?”

Deal with EQC on housing gets closer

The Christchurch City Council says it is making progress in its bid to reach a global settlement with the Earthquake Commission (EQC) for damage to its social housing stock.

Thousands call for insurance advice

Cantabrians frustrated by earthquake insurance claims have contacted a Government-run advisory service more than 3500 times in 10 months.

Free community forum on living with natural hazards

Christchurch City Council is holding a free community forum on Saturday 15 March to explain natural hazards and risks in our changing environment and how we are planning for the future.