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- Fairfax Video, January 2013 (6)
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- A video of an interview with artefact analyst Gwen Jackson, about the artefacts found at the site of the Theatre Royal. Hundreds of artefacts were found under the Isaac Theatre Royal, including bottles and ceramic shards. This was part of a greater project by archaeologists to examine pre-1900 sites in the Christchurch central city before work is conducted on them. Archaeological assessment of pre-1900 buildings is required by the 1993 Historic Places Act before work can be done on the site.
- Creator(s)
- Daniel Tobin
- Date
- 4:01am 31st January 2013
- Tags
- Historic Places Act, Gwen Jackson, archaeology, Underground Overground Ltd, Isaac Theatre Royal, artefact, Media, Communications and Journalism
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Gerry Brownlee 2
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- A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about Imminent Loss claims settled by the EQC since September 2010.
- Date
- 10:25pm 18th April 2014
- Tags
- Empowered Christchurch, Gerry Brownlee, CERA, OIA, Official Information Act, Imminent Loss, EQC, letter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Seismic Risk
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A poster created by Empowered Christchurch to advertise their submission to the CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan on social media.
The poster reads, "Submission, CERA Draft Transition Recovery Plan. Seismic Risk. One thing we can learn from the past is that seismic risk in Canterbury has been underestimated before the earthquakes struck. This is confirmed in a report for EQC in 1991 (paper 2005). It is also the conclusion of the Royal Commission in the CTV report. A number of recommendations have been made but not followed. For example, neither the AS/NZS 1170.5 standard nor the New Zealand Geotechnical Society guidelines have been updated. Yet another recovery instrument is the Earthquake Prone Building Act, which is still to be passed by Parliament. As the emergency response part of the recovery is now behind us, we need to ensure sustainability for what lies ahead. We need a city that is driven by the people that live in it, and enabled by a bureaucracy that accepts and mitigates risks, rather than transferring them to the most vulnerable residents."
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- Empowered Christchurch, CERA, Draft Transition Recovery Plan, Royal Commission, CTV, New Zealand Geotechnical Society, Earthquake Prone Building Act, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Roger Sutton
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- A copy of a letter from Hugo Kristinsson which was sent to Roger Sutton on 19 September 2013. The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch. In the letter, Kristinsson expresses his concern about changes to the Building Act which he states, 'waive liability for the Building Consent Authority when repairs are carried out on homes with land damage'. He also discusses the CERA community forums, which he feel are not fufilling their purpose of supporting and informing the Canterbury community. Lastly, Kristinsson lodges an Official Information Act request, asking for all forum notices and minutes to be released to the public and for access to land information to be provided.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:00pm 19th September 2013
- Tags
- Hugo Kristinsson, CERA, Roger Sutton, OIA, Official Information Act, Building Consent Authority, letter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Gerry Brownlee 1
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- A copy of a letter from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Gerry Brownlee, Minsiter for the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, on 15 April 2014. The letter lodges an Official Information Act request about the remediation of land that is subject to liquefaction and flooding.
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- 12:00pm 15th April 2014
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- Empowered Christchurch, Gerry Brownlee, OIA, Official Information Act, land remediation, liquefaction, flooding, letter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Helen Beaumont
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- A copy of a letter from Hugo Kristinsson which was sent to Helen Beaumont, Manager of the Natural Environment and Heritage Unit at the Christchurch City Council, on 17 June 2014. The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch. It is about legislation which, according to Kristinsson, determines land below the mean high water spring to be public land. Kristinsson is concerned that this legislation will cause 'hundred or even thousands' of people to lose their assets. He urges the Council to 'have the land surveyed and to redefine the CMA [Crown Minerals Act] before land claims are settled'.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:00pm 17th June 2014
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- Hugo Kristinsson, Helen Beaumont, Natural Environment and Heritage Unit, Christchurch City Council, mean high water spring, land, Crown Minerals Act, land claims, letter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Queen Elizabeth II
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- A copy of a document from Empowered Christchurch which was sent to Queen Elizabeth. The document consists of a letter from Empowered Christchurch to Douglas Martin, Crown Manager from the Christchurch City Council, and Official Information Act requests sent to Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson and Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee. It also includes an appeal to the Queen on behalf of Christchurch residents with badly-damaged houses. Please note that a letter from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which was originally included in the document, has been removed due to copyright issues.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:13pm 18th September 2014
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- Empowered Christchurch, Hugo Kristinson, Christchurch City Council, Official Information Act, Maurice Williamson, CERA, Gerry Brownlee, Queen Elizabeth, letter, MBIE, Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, OIA, Government and Politics
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- Guidelines for a cordon
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- Implementing a cordon after a natural disaster is a challenging and critical task which requires careful planning and coordination. The attached guidelines were compiled by the team who managed the CERA cordon in Christchurch's central city.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Communicating in Recovery, Demolitions and Operations, Act
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- Contractor safety inside the cordon
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- CERA took over the management of Christchurch's central city cordon two months after the February 2011 earthquake. During its peak the cordon area represented the largest construction site in the southern hemisphere. This constantly changing, high-risk environment required strict health and safety processes including regular, compulsory contractors meetings and the enforcement of stringent cordon rules. The low number of health and safety incidents over the cordon's lifespan has been directly attributed to these sustained and thorough processes.
- Creator(s)
- CERA (Canterbury Earthquakes Recovery Authority)
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- Built Environment, Christchurch Central City, Demolitions and Operations, Act