The Commission will conduct a public hearing in the week beginning 17 October 2011 in which it will consider evidence and submissions on:

1a New Zealand's geological setting

1b Seismological model for New Zealand, and in particular for Canterbury

1c Nature and severity of the Canterbury earthquakes

Submissions

Submissions have closed

Related Reports 

'The Canterbury Earthquake Sequence and Implications for Seismic Design Levels', GNS Science 

Comments on The Canterbury Earthquake Sequence and Implications for Seismic Design Levels, Professor Ralph Archuleta, University of California, Santa Barbara