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17 June, 2013

Specialist team to assist council consenting

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson have reached agreement with Christchurch City Council for a team of technical experts from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to join the council’s consenting department and work with council officers to speed the flow of consent approvals.

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12 June, 2013

Christchurch City Council consenting must change

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the time has come for the Government to take urgent action to address the Christchurch City Council’s repeated inability to meet statutory timeframes for processing building consents.

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10 June, 2013

Offer period extension for Port Hills residents

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says an extension to the offer expiry date for Port Hills properties will bring their offer process in line with that of flat land owners.

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10 June, 2013

Special Feature: Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery

Special feature on Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery

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10 June, 2013

Bringing government agencies together in CBD

Relocating government agencies back into the Christchurch CBD is a step closer says Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and State Services Minister Jonathan Coleman.

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10 June, 2013

Temporary stadium wins major international honour

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has congratulated everyone involved in the development of Christchurch’s temporary AMI Stadium at Addington for winning the prestigious Project of the Year Award at The Stadium Business Awards 2013.

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7 June, 2013

Advisory service continues good progress

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the three-week-old Residential Advisory Service is making strong progress, with 113 cases having been booked for appointments with independent advisers.

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6 June, 2013

Urgent weather-tightness and heating still available

With winter upon us Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is reminding greater Christchurch residents that EQC can still authorise urgent repairs in certain circumstances.

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5 June, 2013

Home repairs approaching half way

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Canterbury Home Repair Programme is approaching the half way mark, with more than 38,000 of around 80,000 full residential repairs completed.

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31 May, 2013

Residents return home after Lucas Lane work completed

With a significant work programme in the Port Hills area of Lucas Lane completed, residents of the eight affected properties will shortly be moving home.

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30 May, 2013

Strong progress made in CBD purchases

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says major inroads are being made into the purchase of central Christchurch land for new projects, with agreement reached for almost two thirds of the land area for priority projects, and the cost of purchases across all projects approaching a quarter of a billion dollars.

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30 May, 2013

Friday marks 1000 days since the first quake

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says this Friday will be a special one for Cantabrians as it marks a thousand days since the first violent earthquake that triggered so much upheaval for the region’s people.

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29 May, 2013

National War Memorial Park on target

Work towards the National War Memorial Park is progressing well and is on target for the opening to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 2015, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee and Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson said today.

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29 May, 2013

Residential Advisory Service progressing well

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the number of cases being assessed by the Residential Advisory Service a week after its launch is nearing 100.

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27 May, 2013

Another successful RoNS chapter complete

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has today welcomed the completion – on schedule and on budget – of the first section of Christchurch’s Western Corridor upgrade.

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24 May, 2013

Causeway Upgrade Project begins

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says the formal start of construction today of the NZ Transport Agency’s Causeway Upgrade Project on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway marks a significant milestone in completing the Western Ring Route Road of National Significance (RoNS).

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23 May, 2013

Playground honours Margaret Mahy ONZ

A playground based on author Margaret Mahy’s work has taken out one of the top prizes in the BNZ Amazing Place playground design competition run by the Christchurch Central Development Unit, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced.

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23 May, 2013

Christchurch CBD construction ramps up

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today taken Prime Minister John Key on a whistle-stop tour to check progress on three major construction sites in the Christchurch CBD.

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20 May, 2013

Advisory Service helping property owners

Almost 50 appointments with independent advisors have been made for property owners facing rebuild and repair difficulties through the new Residential Advisory Service, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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17 May, 2013

Time, safety and the environment win with National

Contrary to Green Party claptrap that more and better roads don’t reduce congestion, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee today welcomed further evidence they do.

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16 May, 2013

Additional $2.1b for Christchurch’s recovery

The Budget confirms a further $2.1 billion in funding for the Christchurch earthquake recovery, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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16 May, 2013

Government investment supports transport

KiwiRail will receive $94 million in 2013/14 as part of the Government’s investment in KiwiRail’s Turnaround Plan to help make the rail freight business self-sustaining, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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15 May, 2013

Residential Advisory Service going live

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Residential Advisory Service available from tomorrow to all property owners having difficulty with insurance and other repair or rebuilding challenges will play an important role in recovery.

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15 May, 2013

Southern Response making good progress

Data for April has shown that in its first year of operation Southern Response, the government-owned company settling AMI policyholders’ Canterbury earthquake damage claims, has completed a third of the claims in its book.

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15 May, 2013

Residential red zone demolition full steam ahead

Clearances of Crown-owned residential red zone properties have picked up the pace with 2074 now completed and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority on target to complete 3000 demolitions by the end of September, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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15 May, 2013

Qantas – Emirates alliance authorised

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has authorised a Master Coordination Agreement between Qantas and Emirates, opening the way to shared services between the airlines on trans-Tasman routes.

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14 May, 2013

Further rebuild zone reductions

Popular areas of central Christchurch will reopen to the public today with the latest reductions to the rebuild zone taking effect, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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8 May, 2013

CER Act used to realign Clean Air Zones

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has used the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 to ensure new urban areas will be covered by the same air quality rules that protect existing residential areas of the region.

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23 April, 2013

Feedback sought on inspection frequency

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee is inviting people to comment on changes to the warrant of fitness (WoF) and certificate of fitness (CoF) inspection frequency requirements.

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15 April, 2013

Minister welcomes Transmission Gully milestone

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee is welcoming today's announcement that the NZ Transport Agency has shortlisted two consortiums to deliver the long-awaited Transmission Gully project.

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