Our Changing World for 11 February 2021
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Liquefaction lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and biotechnologists doing interesting things with plants.
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Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Misko Cubrinovski is interested how the ground and the structures on - and in - it behave during an earthquake.
Dealing with Southern Response 'hell' - Insurance advocate
Audio, Radio New Zealand
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake there are renewed calls for an inquiry into how Southern Response dealt with Canterbury earthquake claimants. Last year the government set up a support package for those who were short changed by Southern Response for their earthquake repairs. It came after a landmark High Court case found Southern Response misled and deceived Karl and Alison Dodds. Insurance claimants advocate, Ali Jones, says ten years on, lessons haven't been learned from how people were treated by Southern Response. She told RNZ reporter Sally Murphy that dealing with them is hell.
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