Information about the EQC's work to provide natural disaster insurance to residential property owners. Canterbury earthquake related information can be found in the archived instances from September 2010-
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 1 January 2013.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 26 June 2012.
Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 28 June 2012.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake Commission Public Meeting at the SBS Events Centre. Reid Stiven, representing the Earthquake Commission (EQC), responds to a query during the meeting, which was held to inform the public about making claims to the EQC relating to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4 September. The meeting was hosted by Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew (left)".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake Commission Public Meeting at the SBS Events Centre. Left to right: Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew and Reid Stiven, representing the Earthquake Commission (EQC), listen to a query during the meeting, which was held to inform the public about making claims to the EQC relating the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4 September".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake Commission public meeting at the SBS Events Centre. Left to right at back: Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew and Reid Stiven, representing the Earthquake Commission (EQC), listen to a query during the meeting, which was held to inform the public about making claims to the EQC relating to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4 September".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake Commission Public Meeting at the SBS Events Centre. Reid Stiven, representing the Earthquake Commission (EQC), responds to a query during the meeting, which was held to inform the public about making claims to the EQC relating the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 4 September. The meeting was hosted by Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew (left)".
Information on the Earthquake Commission and how to prepare for earthquakes and other natural disasters such as tsunami, landslips, volcanic eruptions and hydrothermal activity.
An earthquake engineer says designing buildings to resist earthquakes is as much an art as it is a science and you can never make a structure completely quake-proof.
The Christchurch City Council has faced tough questioning at the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes over its role in ensuring buildings are earthquake strengthened.
The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has tried to determine exactly who should have put a cordon around a central Christchurch building identified as an earthquake risk.
The Earthquake Commission has more than doubled its estimate of costs from the Canterbury earthquakes, to 7-point-1 billion dollars.
Witnesses before the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission have been questioned about why a building known to be earthquake prone was allowed to reopen, despite several red flags.
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 13 April 2011.
Two engineers who prepared a critical report on the CTV building spent much of the day yesterday defending their expertise and credentials at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
A graphic illustrating the relationship between Cabinet and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Murray Sherwin, chairman of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Murray Sherwin, chairman of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Murray Sherwin, chairman of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission".
The logo for a feature about the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes.
Page 16 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 27 June 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 18 September 2012.
An earthquake engineer has told the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission that the intense vertical shaking during the February 2011 earthquake wasn't unique and was similar to events overseas.
The Canterbury earthquakes will wipe out all the funds held in reserve to cover claims to the Earthquake Commission.
Site is managed on behalf of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes by the Department of Internal Affairs.
The Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes has been told of new deficiencies in the structure of the CTV Building.
A new report says the Earthquake Commission was ill-prepared for a major earthquake and had to use inexperienced staff to respond to the Canterbury earthquakes.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 4 July 2012.
Page 2 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Friday 6 July 2012.