A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 July 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 4 May 2012
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 16 December 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 2 November 2012
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "105 Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake. Many of the homes here have been sold to the government or insurance companies and their former owners have moved out to other areas of Christchurch, New Zealand or overseas".
A poster created by Empowered Christchurch to advertise their submission to the CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan on social media.The poster reads, "Submission, CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan. Future Insurability. In an article in the New Zealand Herald of 5 November 2014, the CEO of IAG refers to cooperation with the NZ Government on a strategic intent in 2011 to avoid depopulation of Christchurch. Now that the ICNZ has signalled its intention to withdraw from high-risk areas and the CCC also plans to redefine the boundaries of the city so as to exclude properties below the Mean High Water Springs. We ask whether a 'recovery' involves abandoning people once the insurance and bank sectors have managed a retreat? We need a city that is driven by the people that live in it, and enabled by a bureaucracy that accepts and mitigates risks, rather than transferring them to the most vulnerable of its residents".
We aim to investigate the role of insurance in business recovery following the devastating Christchurch earthquake in February, 22nd, 2011. We analyze data from two business surveys conducted after the earthquake to examine how insurance affected business operation in the aftermath of the earthquake both in the short-term and longer-term. For the short-term analysis, we use a combination of propensity score matching (PSM) and linear probability model (LPM) to analyze the data. We first estimate the propensity scores for insurance take-up of each firm conditional on the firm’s individual characteristics. Stratification based on the estimated propensity scores is used to match the treated (insured) and the control (uninsured) firms. We then estimate the probability of firms’ continuing operations with a set of control variables to account for the level of damage and disruption caused by the quake in each stratum. We find little evidence of any beneficial effect of insurance coverage on business continuity in the short-run. For the longer-term analysis, we analyze the available survey data using logistic regression. The result suggests that business interruption insurance significantly promotes increased level of long-term productivity for surviving firms following the earthquake.
A photograph of a poster on the window of the Earthquake Services building on the corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Ferry Road. The poster is in the style of Barack Obama's "Hope" campaign poster, and depicts Bryan Staples with the message "Insurance, hope".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Marika Begg is faced with a $22,000 biil which she cannot afford to remove fallen macrocarpa trees on her property. Her insurance will not cover it".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Aftermath of the earthquake in Christchurch where the cleanup has begun. Marika Begg is faced with a $22,000 biil which she cannot afford to remove fallen macrocarpa trees on her property. Her insurance will not cover it".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 4 September 2010 entitled, "It's been a weird sort of day".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 31 May 2013 entitled, "1000 days".
A story submitted by Lin to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website.
A pdf transcript of Heather's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Sripana Saha. Transcriber: Samuel Hope.
Summary of oral history interview with Emily Nooapii about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Kirsty about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Violet about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Jacinta O'Reilly about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Jan's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Anton Wartmann's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of participant number NB763's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Mark Elstone's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Transcript of Tracey Adams's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Michelle Whitaker about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Rana about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes
Summary of oral history interview with Caroline about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Summary of oral history interview with Hana about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes. Pseudonym used to identify interviewee.
Transcript of Denny O'Brien-Warriner's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
A pdf transcript of Rosie Belton's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.