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Repairs to quake-damaged homes start today

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The first permanent repairs to Canterbury homes damaged in September's earthquake will start today.

Post-earthquake most people would say it was difficult to find housing in Christchurch. But reports suggest that the market has flattened. And terraced housing and apartments are sitting empty. Christchurch Council finance committee chairman, Councillor Raf Manji, discusses future developments like The East Frame.

Rain latest woe for Christchurch's quake-damaged homes

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The downpours have added yet another problem for Christchurch residents living in earthquake-stricken homes.

Canterbury netballers first game at home since quake

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The Canterbury Tactix netball team are playing at home tonight for the first time since last month's earthquake.

Group says home owners will be alarmed by blowout

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A Christchurch support group says home owners will be alarmed at the blowout in earthquake repair costs.

Cost to build a home rises

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The cost of building a home in New Zealand's main cities has risen by 20 per cent since the Canterbury earthquakes.

Quake damaged unisurable homes up for rent

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Earthquake damaged Christchurch homes written off by insurance companies are becoming hot property for investors wanting to make money renting them out.

Christchurch's Court Theatre finds new temporary home

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Christchurch's Court Theatre devastated by February's earthquake has found a temporary new home - an old grain store in the suburb of Addington.

Quake-hit Christchurch Residents having to return home

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Some Canterbury residents are returning to homes damaged in last year's 7.1 earthquake, because they can't afford to live anywhere else.

Gerry Brownlee says 12,000 Christchurch homes could go

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The number of homes likely to be demolished in Christchurch because of earthquake damage could be as many as twelve thousand.

Legal action possible for onsold quake-damaged homes

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An insurance expert says a Supreme Court decision yesterday could open lawyers up to legal action from anybody who has bought a home in Christchurch since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The court's decision makes it clear that insurers cannot be held liable for meeting the full replacement cost of a quake damaged home by the subsequent purchaser of that house.

Repairs on the homes of vulnerable people took too long

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An audit of the Earthquake Commission's quake repairs in Christchurch has found many dissatisfied home owners and others being left in the dark.

Work begins replacing lost rest home beds

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Health officials in Christchurch have today begun work on a recovery plan for how they will replace hundreds of beds lost in rest homes because of the recent earthquake.

Christchurch residents hope for options on fate of homes

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Some residents have been waiting for the verdict on the fate of their home and land since the first earthquake hit in September last year.

Grants to be available to those forced out of their homes

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Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage.

Quake-hit North Canterbury farmers in need of accomodation

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Many farmers' homes have been red-stickered after the Kaikoura earthquake, but they say they can't leave because their farms aren't just their homes, they're their livelihoods

23 job losses as Nelson rest home closes

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Elderly and ill people evacuated from Christchurch to Nelson after the February earthquake are having to move for a second time, following the sudden closure of a rest home in Nelson.

EQC accused of ignoring true extent of damage to Chch homes

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A Christchurch man says EQC misled him about the earthquake damage to his home and deliberately under-scoped the repairs that were needed. David Townshend said his warnings were ignored.

Delays rebuilding quake damaged homes four years on

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About 700 people packed Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral last night to hear from a panel of experts on why, four years after the big earthquake, they're still waiting for their homes to be rebuilt.

Hundreds of Canterbury homeowners only now deemed overcap by EQC

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More than four years after earthquakes first damaged home in Christchurch, hundreds of Canterbury homeowners are finding out that they may have to wait another two years before their damaged homes are repaired.

Solving the World's Problems with Ali Jones

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Today Ali talks to Jesse about the insurance debacle for Christchurch home owners trying to settle with companies over their earthquake damaged homes. She advocating for the establishment of an "Insurance Department" as they have done in California.

Business advisor on home detention for corruption

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A business owner wants more stringent background checks for people creating professional online profiles after discovering a potential business advisor is currently on home detention for corruption. Gerard Gallagher was convicted in June after trying to personally profit from information obtained while working for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority and Ōtākaro Limited between 2014 and 2017. Online, he promotes himself as a Business Advisor despite still serving a sentence of 12 months' home detention. Niva Chittock reports.

Sumner residents seek answers to when they can return home

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Some Christchurch residents say the Christchurch City Council has been too slow to resolve the threat of rock fall to their homes, and they now hope the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will take over the job.

Canterbury home rebuild to take two years

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Canterbury people whose homes were most damaged in last month's earthquake have waited nearly seven weeks to learn the future of their properties - and now they're being told it could be another two years before their houses are rebuilt.

No insulation for earthquake-damaged homes

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The company hired by the Government to carry out earthquake repairs in Canterbury is refusing to install insulation at the same time as it replaces old cladding on houses.

EQC botches rebuild of quake-damaged Chch home - twice

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Nikki Ross is still waiting on an insurance settlement almost seven years after her family home was damaged in the February, 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Trish Keith from EQC says they're hoping to offer the family a settlement in the next three weeks.

Supreme court has ruled in favour of earthquake hit home owners

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The Supreme Court has ruled that a class action by Canterbury insurance holders against Southern Response can go ahead. Ali Jones, insurance claimants advocate explains to The Panel what this means for home owners who've been fighting for years to get their fair entitlements.

The closest home to Monday's quake epicentre

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When the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch at 2:20 on Monday afternoon Barry Ross was outside his home at Godley Head on the Port Hills, where is he is the Department of Conservation caretaker. Barry's house is thought to be the closest to the epicentre that day and such was the force of the quake he was thrown to the ground and some of the cliff nearby fell away. He lost power and water for a few days but now he's back home, clearing up and determined to get on with life.

Southern Story for 7 March 2013 - A Multi-Cultural Face

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Christchurch is home to many diverse ethnic groups whose voices have sometimes gone unheard in the aftermath of the earthquakes and the city's rebuild plans. Katy Gosset visits a gathering in Christchurch's battered eastern suburbs to hear their thoughts on post-quake life and the future of their adopted home.