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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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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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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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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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13 May, 2013

Special Feature: Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery

Special feature on Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery

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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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25 March, 2013

EQC breach recipient’s actions disturbing

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he was very disappointed to learn at 2.21pm today that properties within the document sent by the Earthquake Commission to an unauthorised recipient on Friday contained more information than EQC first thought.

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23 March, 2013

Sod turning marks start of Avon River Precinct

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today kicked off physical work on the first of Christchurch’s highly anticipated new central city anchor projects.

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21 March, 2013

Government pays further $31 million for Christchurch City earthquake response costs

A payment of nearly $31 million for civil defence emergency response costs related to the Canterbury earthquakes has been paid to the Christchurch City Council, Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye says.

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14 March, 2013

Consortium appointed to plan Health Precinct

A newly appointed consortium has this week begun planning Christchurch’s world-class Health Precinct, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced.

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14 March, 2013

Social housing is council's shame

With the nights getting colder and winter on the doorstep Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says it’s time for the Christchurch City Council to pick up the pace and rapidly fix more of its social housing units.

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27 February, 2013

Foundation pour cements signs of progress

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says a foundation laying project that will get underway in the heart of central Christchurch early tomorrow is another positive step in the city’s rebuild.

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22 February, 2013

Address to the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial Service

Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation to be here with you as we remember the destructive and terrifying earthquake that struck this city and the surrounding areas two years ago today.

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20 February, 2013

Wellbeing Survey reveals positive outlook

Cantabrians’ positivity and resilience has shone through in the results of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority’s 2012 Wellbeing Survey, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says, with three quarters of residents saying life is good or extremely good.

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15 February, 2013

TC3 options and solutions making great strides

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee today offered praise and thanks to all those who have worked so hard to create viable options and speed up the delivery of solutions for Christchurch residents on Technical Category 3 (TC3) land in greater Christchurch.

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15 February, 2013

Central city officially a rebuild zone

With over half of all staff working inside Christchurch’s city cordon specifically concentrating on repair and construction, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the area can now be re-named the Rebuild Zone.

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15 February, 2013

Our recovery has strong foundations

Thank you all for being here today, inside the CBD cordon.

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15 February, 2013

Good progress in CBD land purchases

The owners of 47 commercial CBD properties have agreed to sell to the Crown as the purchase of central Christchurch land for new development gathers pace.

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15 February, 2013

Kids urged to imagine their own Amazing Place

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the children of Christchurch have a unique opportunity to help develop part of the new central city through the Amazing Place playground competition.

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11 February, 2013

Crown and Christchurch City Council agree to special three year plan

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker have announced a joint accord deferring the Christchurch City Council’s Long Term Plan until 2015 to allow an earthquake recovery cost-sharing method to be mutually agreed.

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4 February, 2013

ECan Rakaia River recommendation accepted

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Government has accepted Environment Canterbury’s recommendation to change the water conservation order that covers the Rakaia River.

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28 January, 2013

EQC hits $1 billion and 30,000 managed home repairs

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Earthquake Commission’s Fletcher EQR-managed Canterbury Home Repair Programme has passed the billion dollar mark and is well on the way to completing 31,000 jobs.

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24 January, 2013

Danger still evident in Port Hills

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says a 40 tonne boulder that crashed through a house in the Port Hills last night is a graphic illustration of the ongoing unpredictability of the damaged land.

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24 January, 2013

Christchurch CBD progress encouraging

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says Christchurch businesspeople anxious to return to the CBD are understandably frustrated but should be heartened by the $145 million of consents issued over the past 10 months for construction projects inside the four avenues.

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17 December, 2012

Residential red zone settlement date extended

A three month extension to the final settlement date for a small group of residential red zone property owners will ease a number of pressures they are facing, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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14 December, 2012

Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 1 opened

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has today opened the South Island’s first Road of National Significance, the Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 1.

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11 December, 2012

Corrective Action Plan released in response to earthquake review

Civil Defence Minister Chris Tremain says an interagency Corrective Action Plan released today will improve the strength of Civil Defence in New Zealand.

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10 December, 2012

Govt to carefully consider Royal Commission report

The Government will carefully consider the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission’s full report and its recommendations, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson and Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson say.

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