The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is in Europe in an attempt to convince insurance companies not to pull out of New Zealand after the Christchurch earthquakes.
A photograph of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of 94 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of 94 Gloucester Street.
A man representing New Zealand reads a newspaper whose headline is ''Quake may cost insurance co's up to $16B'. Above him is an enormous mosquito that represents 'increased premiums' and that is about to suck the blood out of him; it casts a huge menacing shadow in which the man stands. Context - Insurance companies have experienced massive losses after the Canterbury earthquake. This may ultimately result in higher premiums as insurance companies try to recoup from their loss. According to Chris Ryan, Insurance Council chief executive, "The quake would probably result in foreign reinsurance companies increasing the premiums they charged local insurers." (Stuff 9 Sep 2010) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
A photograph of a detail of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a window of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a window of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a window of 94 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a detail of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a detail of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a window of 94 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of a detail of 96 Gloucester Street.
A photograph of the windows of 96 Gloucester Street.
At least five companies are being investigated by the Canterbury Regional Council for dumping or burning earthquake demolition rubble illegally.
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
New Zealand’s first skyscraper was built on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets between 1905 – 06 for the New Zealand Express Company. This state of the art seven storey buil…
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.
A new centre being set up to help Canterbury businesses struggling after the recent earthquakes says it's getting ready to open its doors and is calling for applications from interested companies.
The Christchurch Earthquake Appeal established by the government and spearheaded by NZX Chief Executive Mark Weldon has attracted donor money from companies and individuals around the world. How will that money be spent?
Roger Sutton, the chief executive of networks company Orion has taken up a five-year contract as the CEO of the Christchurch Earthquake Reconstruction Authority, the top bureaucrat in the post-quake city.
Demolition companies and building owners in central Christchurch hope efforts by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will speed up the city's rebuild after it's been languishing for weeks.
Quin Henderson, South Island Manager, Hawkins Construction, part of the McConnell Group of companies, has donated $100,000 to the UC Business Partnerships Campaign for a three-year PhD scholarship in Engineering.
Lyttelton Port is still only operating at 40 percent of its full capacity, nine days after the Christchurch earthquake, but the Port company says its core services are all working and within a week it will be almost at full strength.
The Christchurch-based insurer, AMI, says it won't be until June next year before it knows the final cost of earthquake claims, though the company's confident it won't need to draw on the government's backstop support package.
Page 13 of the Go section of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 6 May 2011.
A man representing 'EQC' (Earthquake Commission) talks to a couple outside their collapsed house. He says 'Unfortunately, this is a NORTH Canterbury collapse - so you'll only get your first $100,000 back.' Context: This refers both to the collapse of the South Canterbury Finance Company and to the problems that people are having with insurance companies in North Canterbury after the first Christchurch earthquake on September 4th 2010. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Workers use a large water-blasting pipe to clear blocked drains. The photographer comments, "The Australian company Barry Bros Turned up very late at night to clean out our street drains of liquefaction".