Law students volunteer to help homeowners battle EQC.
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Forty law students in Christchurch are volunteering their time to help local residents take the Earthquake Commission to the High Court.
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Anglican Church takes centre stage at Quakes Royal Commission
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Anglican Church has been asked why it failed to carry out a detailed inspection of a building which partially collapsed, killing a Canadian tourist in Christchurch during the February earthquake.
EQC defends its record
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission is insisting the current model for settling earthquake claims is the right one. That's despite a report from one of the country's largest insurers that says the system is inefficient and is having a significant impact on the timely resolution of claims in Christchurch.
Calls for public inquiry into EQC after settlement
Audio, Radio New Zealand
What's being called a landmark settlement with the Earthquake Commission has been reached today, which may have far-reaching consequences for Canterbury home-owners.
Porirua earthquake simulation to help hillside homes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
There are hopes an earthquake simulation in Porirua might result in homes being better prepared for a big shake. Houses on Christchurch's Port Hills suffered more damage than houses in other areas during the Canterbury Earthquakes - even though the ground shaking was roughly the same. Now the Earthquake Commission is on a mission to find out why that was - and prevent the same level of damage in a future quake. Checkpoint reporter Logan Church and video journalist Dom Thomas start their report up on a hilly farm above Wellington.
Plumbers in Chch say they're struggling to keep solvent
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The plumbing industry says there is festering discontent in Christchurch, over what it calls unnecessary red tape from the Earthquake Commission.
CTV designer blamed for collapse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury Earthquakes has heard the CTV building collapsed because of the incompetence of the man in charge of designing it.
Union rejects claims of illegal activity
Audio, Radio New Zealand
More on allegations from the Earthquake Commission that some contractors have been filing false invoices for work done on the Christchurch rebuild.
EQC gets 20 calls a day wanting work reviewed
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A landmark court settlement two months ago has led to a growing workload for the Earthquake Commission in Christchurch. Conan Young reports.
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.
Christchurch couple takes EQC, Southern Response to court
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A Christchurch couple fighting their insurer and the Earthquake Commission in court say accepting EQC's offer would leave them massively out of pocket.
Christchurch Community group cries foul over OIA fee
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Earthquake Commission has been labelled obstructive after it demanded 24 thousand dollars to provide documents under an Official Information Act request.
Labour says government should keep open mind on EQC
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Labour is calling for the Government to rethink how the Earthquake Commission insures homeowners, in the aftermath of the disaster in Canterbury.
Question of secrecy looms over mosque attack inquiry
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The question of secrecy looms large over the newly announced Royal Commission into the country's security agencies. Nigel Hampton QC is a lawyer with extensive experience of top-level inquiries, including the Royal Commissions in the Pike River disaster and the Canterbury earthquakes. He talks to Guyon Espiner.
Structural engineer blasts engineering profession
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told illegal building techniques are being used in the Christchurch rebuild because the engineering profession is in crisis.
Midday News for 7 December 2012
Audio, Radio New Zealand
West Auckland residents begin the cleanup after yesterday's tornado. The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission calls for the seismic grading of all non-residential buildings.
EQC tells Chch homeowners focus is on mergency repairs
Audio, Radio New Zealand
With Christchurch having its first real taste of winter , the Earthquake Commission is telling Christchurch residents that its focus is on emergency repairs.
Midday News for 11 September 2012
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South Island motorists are warned to take care as snow falls and the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is told the engineering profession is in crisis.
Quake inquiry looks at whether heritage outweighed safety
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission have been questioned over whether preservation of heritage buildings was given more consideration than preserving human lives.
EQC picks holes in case against it
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A lawyer for the Earthquake Commission has told the High Court there are major holes in the case brought by a Christchurch couple to have their home rebuilt.
Engineering profession is in crisis - engineer
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A structural engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission that illegal building techniques are being used in the Christchurch rebuild because the engineering profession is in crisis.
The Panel with Sir Bruce Slane and David Slack (part 1)
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Naval blockade: Greenpeace say its activists are willing to get arrested over their protest against a Brazilian oil company surveying off East Cape. Royal Commission: Legal experts are in agreement ... the purpose of the Royal Commission into February's earthquake in Christchurch is to investigate - not to incriminate.
EQC level assessments questioned
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Some Canterbury homeowners say their houses have dropped in value because the damage to their properties was inadequately assessed by the Earthquake Commission after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. Independent land surveyor, Adrian Cowie, and a Burwood homeowner affected by the quakes, Selwyn Stafford, talk about the issues facing them.
Seven thousand claims already into EQC
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The Earthquake Commission has already received about 7,000 claims from last week's Kaikoura quake. EQC expects the number of claims to be fewer than in Christchurch.
Recipient of EQC email says don't play politics
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The man who received Earthquake Commission files detailing claims by 83,000 Christchurch people says he's appalled the slip-up has become a political football.
Key witness in CTV Building collapse refuses to give evidence
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The man in charge of the construction of the Canterbury Television Building is continuing to refuse to give evidence at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission
Families reflect on first week of evidence about CTV collapse
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission hearing into the collapse of the Canterbury Television Building has ended for the week after four days of compelling evidence.
Quake hearing told building in use despite yellow placard
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A property manager has been questioned at the Royal Commission investigating the Canterbury earthquakes about why he didn't tell tenants the building they worked in was unsafe.
Lack of engineering assessments investigated
Audio, Radio New Zealand
A lack of building inspections and the engineers to carry them out has come under further scrutiny at the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Canterbury earthquakes.
Christchurch MPs want inquiry into possible CTV fraud
Audio, Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission says it will not re-open its inquiry into the CTV building collapse, despite fresh allegations against the building's construction manager.