Earthquake Commission : EQC.

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Information about the EQC's work to provide natural disaster insurance to residential property owners. Canterbury earthquake related information can be found in the archived instances from September 2010-

EQ-IQ Earthquake Commission.

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Information on the Earthquake Commission and how to prepare for earthquakes and other natural disasters such as tsunami, landslips, volcanic eruptions and hydrothermal activity.

Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.

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Site is managed on behalf of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission : [website].

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Includes terms of reference, information about the commissioners and information about the commission which was established after the September 2010 Canterbury Earthquake.

Heritage Buildings, Earthquake Strengthening and Damage: the Canterbury ea…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

"Heritage Buildings, Earthquake Strengthening and Damage: the Canterbury earthquakes September 2010 - January 2012", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. The report was written by Robert McClean.

Earthquake commission on delays

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission says 95 percent of the invoices it gets from contractors repairing houses in Christchurch are paid out within two to three weeks.

Earthquake Commission dismisses assessors

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission says it's had to dismiss assessors who've not met its standards when dealing with Canterbury claimants.

Report finds Earthquake Commission underprepared for Canterbury earthquakes

Articles, Videos, TV3

The organisation had to hire over 1000 new staff members to manage the claims.

Submission of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

Submission of the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.

Earthquake Commission guarantees cover for further disasters

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission has more than doubled its estimate of how much it will pay out for Canterbury earthquake claims, from three billion dollars to seven billion dollars.

Lessons from Christchurch inform Earthquake Commission transition

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new Bill looks to make life easier for people affected by major disasters, following the human disaster created by shortcomings of the Earthquake Commission in its response to the Christchurch earthquakes.

Earthquake Commission looks at increasing size of fraud team

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission is looking at increasing the size of the team investigating fraudalent claims in Canterbury.

Earthquake Commission to seek international help

Audio, Radio New Zealand

It's just over three weeks since a magnitude seven-point-one earthquake struck Canterbury, damaging infrastructure and destroying homes and businesses and the Earthquake Commission has already received over 75-thousand claims.

Canterbury Earthquakes.

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Advice from the Earthquake Commission for insured residential property owners recovering from the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.

Earthquake Commission referred fraud cases increase

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The number of fraud cases referred to the Christchurch police by the Earthquake Commission has doubled in the past five months.

Union plans legal action against Earthquake Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Contractors in Christchurch are due to file legal action against the Earthquake Commission tomorrow, because of thousands of dollars worth of unpaid invoices.

Earthquake Commission visits worst-hit areas

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Earthquake Commission says it's likely homes in the Christchurch suburb of Bexley, which sank and cracked in Saturday's quake, will be rebuilt. People in the hardest hit areas of Canterbury have been learning more about their insurance entitlements, as the commission's assessors arrive in Kaiapoi and Bexley to begin evaluating the damage.

Last-minute claims flood into Earthquake Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Last-minute claims for property damage caused by the Canterbury earthquake are flooding into the Earthquake Commission as the deadline looms. Homeowners have responded to an eleventh-hour hurry up, and the number of claims being lodged daily has almost quadrupled.

Christchurch council grilled over buildings at quake commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Christchurch City Council has faced tough questioning at the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes over its role in ensuring buildings are earthquake strengthened.

Quakes Commission checks on responsibility for cordon

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.

Structural engineer breaks down at Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A structural engineer has broken down at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission after admitting he contributed to a woman's death in the February the twenty second earthquake.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 17 December 2012 (1)

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A graphic listing the 14 people who died in the collapse of unreinforced buildings in the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Canterbury Earthquake - Murray Sherwan

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Murray Sherwan is the Chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.

The latest from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

An earthquake engineer says designing buildings to resist earthquakes is as much an art as it is a science and you can never make a structure completely quake-proof.

Engineers defend expertise at Earthquake Commission

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Two engineers who prepared a critical report on the CTV building spent much of the day yesterday defending their expertise and credentials at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.

Commission witnesses questioned about Cashel Street building

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.

Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profes…

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

"Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profession and Building Assessment after Earthquakes", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the Royal Commission Discussion Papers.

Fairfax Video, October 2010 (12)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

Part seven of a video series about the first stage of the Tonkin & Taylor Geotechnical Land Damage Assessment and Reinstatement Report. The report was prepared for the Earthquake Commission after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Fairfax Video, October 2010 (7)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

Part two of a video series about the first stage of the Tonkin & Taylor Geotechnical Land Damage Assessment and Reinstatement Report. The report was prepared for the Earthquake Commission after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Fairfax Video, October 2010 (11)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

Part six of a video series about the first stage of the Tonkin & Taylor Geotechnical Land Damage Assessment and Reinstatement Report. The report was prepared for the Earthquake Commission after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.