Call for more temporary villages in Christchurch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

For people in Christchurch who have to temporarily leave their earthquake damaged home, two housing villages are filling the accommodation gap.

New housing village opens for quake-displaced residents

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A new temporary housing village for residents with earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch has opened in the east of the city.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 3

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A photograph of Kirkwood Village, a cluster of temporary classrooms and offices constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 5

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A photograph of Kirkwood Village, a cluster of temporary classrooms and offices constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 2

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A photograph of Kirkwood Village, a cluster of temporary classrooms and offices constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 1

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A photograph of Kirkwood Village, a cluster of temporary classrooms and offices constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 4

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A photograph of one of the "pods" of temporary classrooms and offices at Kirkwood Village. The pods were constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Kirkwood Village University of Canterbury Photograph 6

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A photograph of students outside one of the "pods" of temporary classrooms and offices at Kirkwood Village. The pods were constructed at the University of Canterbury campus following the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 264

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Setting up for the Sumner village fair".

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 289

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New construction of residential units at the Linwood Village, 402 Worcester Street".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2001

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A buskers village was set up in Hagley Park for the first time in 2012 for the World Buskers Festival.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2002

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A buskers village was set up in Hagley Park for the first time in 2012 for the World Buskers Festival.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2251

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Look through the fence on Hagley park, inside is where geodomes have been set up as part of the Events Village.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 266

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Banners set for the Sumner village fair on the fence surrounding the library, closed since February 2011".

Too little too late for displaced Christchurch retirees

Audio, Radio New Zealand

Retired Christchurch people affected by the earthquakes are disappointed they have been left out of new rules aimed at giving people in retirement villages better payouts after natural disasters.

Re:Start.

Other, National Library of New Zealand

Decribes the new Re:Start village project in the Cashel Mall, which housing business previously located in Christchurch’s central city. Includes a directory of retailers, events, photographs, information about parking and access, and Christchurch central city news.

Question Time for 16 February 2012

Audio, Radio New Zealand

1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Has he had time to read and digest the judgement of Justice Miller regarding the Crafar farm deal; if so, does he stand by his comments made in the House yesterday? 2. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for Land Information: Does he believe he and the Government have conducted themselves competently and appropriately in relation to the decision to approve the purchase of the Crafar farms by a foreign buyer; if not, what did they do wrong? 3. JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Finance: What reports has the Government issued on the economy? 4. JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: Does she have confidence that Work and Income meets their own "case management approach" expectations? 5. JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Does she have concerns that changes to the eligibility for the Training Incentive Allowance are causing single parent beneficiaries to consider working in the sex industry? 6. Dr CAM CALDER to the Minister of Health: What improvements have there been to services for patients as a result of greater collaboration between District Health Boards? 7. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: Does he still intend to sell 49 per cent of the four State-owned energy companies? 8. JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Local Government: What analysis has he received on rate increases across New Zealand's 78 councils following the enactment of new local government legislation in 2002? 9. Hon LIANNE DALZIEL to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery: Does he stand by the part of his statement of 27 January, announcing the extension of the red zone offer to retirement villages, that letters of offer would be sent to each resident and CERA would work with village owners as quickly as possible to ensure the residents are assisted; if not, why not? 10. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Minister for Land Information: Did Overseas Investment Office officials meet with Chinese political consul Cheng Lei late last year; if so, did they discuss Shanghai Pengxin's bid for the Crafar farms? 11. CLARE CURRAN to the Minister of Broadcasting: What is the name of the documentary which was withheld in the papers released publicly by NZ On Air titled "Records of decisions made at working group meeting"? 12. Hon TAU HENARE to the Minister for Economic Development: What progress has he made declaring the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover a major event under the Major Events Management Act 2007?