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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: Census
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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. 5. In your opinion, is there a better way to report on these recovery issues? Looking at the recovery from the perspective of the eastern suburbs, it is impossible to avoid thinking of phenomenon referred to as 'Disaster Capitalism' and considering the aspects that have already become evident in the recovery process. Loss of equity and quality of life, risk transfer and other substantial shifts are taking place. We suggest that a regular mini-census should be conducted through the remainder of the recovery at intervals of 6-12 months to monitor deprivation, insurance cover (or lack of it), mortgage, home equity, and rental status. If unexpected changes identified, investigation and correction measures should be implemented. 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, Disaster Capitalism, census, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to the MBIE Chief Executive
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- A copy of a letter from Seamus O'Cromtha which was sent to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 3 September 2016. The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch. In the letter, O'Cromtha calls on the Chief Executive to instruct the Christchurch City Council to stop issuing building consents in areas such as the Avon River floodplain until stop banks have been erected along the river. O'Cromtha comments, "Properties that should be protected by stop banks currently have no protection against flooding".
- Creator(s)
- Seamus O'Cromtha
- Date
- 1:00pm 3rd March 2016
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- MBIE, Empowered Christchurch, Seamus O'Cromtha, building consents, Christchurch City Council, flooding, stop banks, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Letter to Prince William
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- A copy of a letter from Hugo Kristinsson which was sent to Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, on 2 March 2014 . The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch, as a response to the letter read by the Prince at the official Civic Memorial Service on the 22 February 2014. Kristinsson thanks the Prince for his letter and updates him on the progress of the rebuild. He expresses his respect for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for their compassion in the early 1940s to the victims of bombing raids during the war and acknowledge's Prince William and Prince Harry's philanthropy through The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry and The Princes' Charities Forum. Lastly he implores the Prince and the Duchess of Cambridge to visit residents from the 'low-lying seaside side of the city' who 'feel that their plight has been trivialised by the authorities in favour of prestigious big-budget projects'.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:13pm 18th September 2014
- Tags
- Hugo Kristinsson, Price William, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Empowered Christchurch, Civil Memorial Service, letter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch: MBIE Meeting Minutes
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- A copy of the minutes from a meeting between the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), and several Christchurch residents' groups, held on 20 June 2013.
- Date
- 12:00pm 20th June 2013
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- Empowered Christchurch, MBIE, Ministry of Innovation Business and Employment, meeting, minutes, residents
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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Risk Acceptance
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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. Risk Acceptance. It is the role of insurance companies, the EQC included, to accept the risks covered under their terms of reference/policies and compensate policyholders when such risks eventuate. However, many policyholders in Christchurch have not been compensated for the damage to their homes and their lives. These responsibilities need to be faced by the entities responsible. An equitable solution needs to be found for properties with hazards such as flooding that are a direct result of the earthquakes. In tandem with this, every effort must be made to protect residents from the risks posed by climate change. 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, flooding, climate change, risk, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch: Newsletter 2
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- A copy of Empowered Christchurch's second newsletter, published on 22 February 2015.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 1:00pm 22nd February 2015
- Tags
- Empowered Christchurch, EQC, insurance, CERA, newsletter, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Prime Minister Assurance
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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. Prime Minister Assurance. Let us remember the much-quoted assurance from the Prime Minister in 2011: 'On behalf of the Government, let me be clear that no one will be left to walk this journey alone. New Zealand will walk this journey with you. We will be there every step of the way. Christchurch; this is not your test; this is New Zealand's test. I promise we will meet this test.' We call on the authorities to live up to this promise. 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 of its residents".
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- Empowered Christchurch, CERA, Draft Transition Recovery Plan, Prime Minister, 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 Niels Holm
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- A copy of a letter from Hugo Kristinsson which was sent to Niels Holm, Official Secretary to the Governor General, on 12 August 2014. The letter was sent on behalf of Empowered Christchurch. It thanks Holm for his response to the letter Empowered Christchurch sent to the Governor General and expresses their disappointment that they have not recieved a response from the Governor General. Kristinsson also expresses his disappointment that the Governor General has not forwarded a letter sent by the Queen 'to the relevant minister'.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:00pm 12th August 2014
- Tags
- Empowered Christchurch, Queen Elizabeth, Niels Holm, letter, Governor General, Hugo Kristinsson, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch: MBIE Meeting Audio
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- An audio recording of a meeting between the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), and several Christchurch residents' groups, held on 20 June 2013.
- Date
- 12:00pm 20th June 2013
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- Empowered Christchurch, MBIE, Ministry of Innovation Business and Employment, meeting, audio, residents
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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Future Insurability
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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. Future Insurability. In an article in the New Zealand Herald of 5 November 2014, the CEO of IAG refers to cooperation with the NZ Government on a strategic intent in 2011 to avoid depopulation of Christchurch. Now that the ICNZ has signalled its intention to withdraw from high-risk areas and the CCC also plans to redefine the boundaries of the city so as to exclude properties below the Mean High Water Springs. We ask whether a 'recovery' involves abandoning people once the insurance and bank sectors have managed a retreat? 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 of its residents".
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- Empowered Christchurch, CERA, Draft Transition Recovery Plan, insurance, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch: MBIE Meeting Transcript
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- A copy of the transcript of a meeting between the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), and several Christchurch residents' groups, held on 20 June 2013.
- Date
- 12:00pm 20th June 2013
- Tags
- Empowered Christchurch, MBIE, Ministry of Innovation Business and Employment, meeting, transcript, residents
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- Empowered Christchurch: Submission on the Draft Transition Recovery Plan
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- A copy of Empowered Christchurch's submission on CERA's Draft Transition Recovery Plan, Greater Christchurch Earthquake Recovery: transition to regeneration.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Tags
- Government and Politics, Empowered Christchurch, CERA, Draft Transition Recovery Plan, submission
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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.
- Date
- 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: Newsletter 1
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- A copy of Empowered Christchurch's first newsletter, published on 4 September 2014.
- Creator(s)
- Hugo Kristinsson
- Date
- 12:00pm 4th September 2014
- Tags
- Empowered Christchurch, EQC, insurance, CERA, newsletter, 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
- Tags
- 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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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Code Compliance Certificates
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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. 5. In your opinion, is there a better way to report on these recovery issues? We believe that, as regards residential recovery, monitoring should extend to code compliance certificates. According to figures published in 2014, only factions of repairs/rebuilds are completed with the issue of a code compliance certificate. To conclude the work to the required standard, someone must pay for the code compliance. Leaving things as they are could have serious negative consequences for the recovery and for the city as a whole. We suggest an investigation of number of outstanding code compliance certificates and that responsible parties are made to address this outstanding work. 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, code compliance, Government and Politics
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- Empowered Christchurch Social Media Campaigns: Restoration Phase
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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. After nearly five years of 'Emergency Response' where sustainability has been sacrificed in the interests of speed, we can assume that this phase is now behind us. We see no reason why this period should be extended until April 2016. Lessons must be learned from the past. It is time to move into the 'Restoration Phase'. Once seismic and building standards are corrected, and risks are notified, mapped and accepted, sustainability will be ensures. 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. We support option 3+."
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- Empowered Christchurch, CERA, Draft Transition Recovery Plan, emergency response, restoration, Government and Politics