More from Gerry Brownlee

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The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says Christchurch will be a better city.

CERA wants insurers to give homeowners clearer time lines

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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority wants private insurers to provide homeowners with clear timeframes for when earthquake repairs will be carried out.

Christchurch Earthquake - Matthew Carpenter and Gerry Brownlee

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Matthew Carpenter is from the Canterbury Business Recovery Network. Gerry Brownlee is a Christchurch MP.

Earthquake Authority gets wide powers

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A stand-alone government department will be vested with the wide ranging powers the Government gave itself after last year's quake, to oversee recovery efforts in Canterbury.

CERA chief executive details today's announcement

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With us is the chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority - Roger Sutton.

Rural Recovery - A Quake Aftermath

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Cosmo Kentish-Barnes finds out how the rural recovery is going near the epicentre of the Canterbury Earthquake that shook the province in the early hours of September 4th.

Scholars call on Govt to rethink Canterbury earthquake law

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A group of legal scholars says the Government has set a dangerous precedent with its law to assist recovery from the Christchurch earthquake.

Retail therapy another strand to Christchurch's recovery

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Shopping or retail therapy is helping some Christchurch residents return to normality after the February earthquake.

Gerry Brownlee says Chch work will begin soon

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Is Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee pleased with the initial response to the plan?

Brownlee: Flooding 'not entirely caused by earthquakes'

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The Earthquake Recovery Minister says Christchurch City Council must take responsibility for the city's flooding problems as it's not the government's problem to sort out.

Update on Canterbury quake recovery

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Eleven million dollars has been donated so far to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal. It comes as the Government announced early details of a recovery plan for people wanting money to fix their damaged homes or start rebuilding.

CERA could take over running of Chch within days

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Responsibility for dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake could pass from Civil Defence to the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority within a matter of days.

Red zone land has no legal status.

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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has confirmed land zoned red in Christchurch has no legal status.

How has Christchurch's earthquake recovery compare with Japan's

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Our Christchurch reporter Rachel Graham travelled to Japan, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, to find out.

Anger at Earthquake Authority's communications budget

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Community leaders in Christchurch are angry to learn the Earthquake Recovery Authority spent more than three-and-a-half million dollars on communications in the past financial year.

Battered Sydenham cautiously optimistic about future

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One of the Christchurch suburbs worst hit in the Canterbury earthquakes is on the way to recovery.

The Panel with Irene Gardiner and Simon Pound (part 1)

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The new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority; they're putting the Rugby World Cup on the school curriculum.

Midday News for 29 March 2011

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Details of the new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority are announced and Senior Labour MPs meet in Dunedin.

CANCERN leaders discuss frustration for thousands in Chch

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The Canterbury Communities' Earthquake Recovery Network or Cancern acts as an advocate for those in damaged homes.

Potential asbestos forces CERA to check paperwork

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The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is now double checking all of its paperwork following fears earthquake rubble dumped in a Christchurch land fill could have been contaminated by asbestos.

High Court rules Brownlee wrong to use quake powers

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The High Court in Christchurch has ruled the Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee was wrong to use his special powers to fast track housing development following the earthquakes.

Top Stories for Monday 04 October 2010

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Today: a month on from the Canterbury earthquake, we take a comprehensive look at the recovery process from the Garden City; we get a glimpse at the Commonwealth Games and; trauma affects police involved in the recovery of Carmen Thomas' body.

Charlotte Yates interview

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Charlotte Yates talks about the Witi Ihimaera concerts in Auckland to help raise funds for the Christchurch earthquake recovery.

Cantabrians want more focus on people, not buildings

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The government has pledged five and half billion dollars over the next six years for Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Fund.

Brownlee says frustration growing with Christchurch council

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The Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he's nearing the end of his tether with the Christchurch City Council.

Quake panel paid too much - Labour

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Labour says an independent panel set up to oversee the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is being paid too much.

Proof-reading mistake causes upset at Christchurch council

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A proof-reading error from the Earthquake Recovery Minister's office has caused ructions at the Christchurch City Council today.

Red-zone residents greet Labour recovery plan cautiously

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Residents living in Canterbury's red zones are praising Labour's plan to help them recover from the effects of the region's earthquakes.

John Kelcher

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Radio New Zealand archivist reports on the earthquake recovery operation taking place in Christchurch to preserve this country's broadcasting history.

Christchurch councillors want CERA to talk about power handover

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Christchurch city councillors wants to know what the Earthquake Recovery Authority's plan is to hand back power to the council.