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Disaster insurance 'flawed'
New Zealand's dual insurance system has been deemed inefficient by a leading insurance company, following the Canterbury earthquakes.
New Zealand's dual insurance system has been deemed inefficient by a leading insurance company, following the Canterbury earthquakes.
Four years on, private insurers say they have settled 57 per cent of residential insurance claims over the Earthquake Commission’s $100,000 “cap”.
A documentary that explores the role of cricket in helping sports-mad Cantabrians recover after the devastating earthquakes premiered in Christchurch last night.
Aftershocks are continuing to hit the West Coast and Canterbury after a major quake rocked the central South Island yesterday.
About 300kg of Lego has been shipped to Christchurch to create the country's first Lego play and learning centre.
Canterbury officials are confident the country's newest test venue will scrub up impressively when New Zealand meet Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval beginning on Friday.
Pressure is mounting on State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie after it emerged he ignored advice to exclude Cera boss Roger Sutton from a press conference.
There is really no defence to a complaint of sexual harassment.
The State Services Commission moves in mysterious ways, but none so perplexing as this week's weirdness surrounding the resignation of Roger Sutton as chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake....
Roger Sutton attracted a large amount of public sympathy when he resigned this week.
Builders accidentally sealed a Christchurch cat into a wall of a house for two days, before sealing her again into a neighbouring house's ceiling for a week.
The structural engineer who designed Christchurch's CTV Building has accepted his career is over after being suspended and ordered to pay $10,000.
Christchurch is progressing far too slowly. FESTA suggests a smart way forward to bring life back into the city.
The Government did well in Christchurch at the last election, nine months after its worst earthquake. National is said to be less popular there at this election
It's the time of the year when many of us, especially Cantabrians, will reflect on the events of September 4, 2010.
Families of the 115 people killed in the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury quake are hopeful justice will be served by a criminal investigation.
"Whatever we pointed out - he said, 'no that's historical." A Christchurch couple say an EQC engineer who assessed their house falsely told them it was safe.
The Christchurch City Council and the Government are looking to buy 16 green-zoned properties on the Port Hills that have been identified as being at risk from landslides.
The rebuild of Christchurch has put public planning and procurement processes under the spotlight.