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Last Friday’s announcement of the one-off three month extension is good news for those who are not yet in a position to make a decision on what Residential Red Zone offer to take.

As announced by the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, the documentation currently held by CERA with regard to the ChristChurch Cathedral has been made public.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced a three month extension to the time required for insured residential red zoned property owners to choose a settlement option.

Earthquake Recovery Update - Issue 9 [PDF 508KB] Issue 9 of the Earthquake Recovery Update was published on 17 April 2012.

If you are a red zone homeowner in Kaiapoi, Pines Beach, Kairaki or Brooklands and would like information about affordable housing options, come along to the Affordable Housing Options Expo.

The latest land decision, zoning red 251 properties in the Avon Loop, Richmond South and Linwood, was also one of the most complicated.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the residents of 401 properties in Southshore West will need to wait a little longer before a decision can be made on the viability of rebuilding on their land.

Video of the announcement Avon River border areas zoned red Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today announced the rezoning of 251 residential properties in Christchurch’s Central City, Richmond South and Linwood from orange to red. All insured residential properties in the newly red zoned areas will be subject to the Government offer of purchase.

Over recent weeks CERA and other official agencies have been putting a huge amount of effort into resolving serious post-‘quake issues in the Port Hills white zone and explaining these problems to affected residents. We have made good progress towards rezoning and have committed to having Port Hills white zone residents re-zoned by the end of June; or sooner if possible.

The health and wellbeing of Christchurch residents is an issue that health professionals in the city say needs more attention. So as a starting point CERA has produced a televised discussion panel which aired on Maori Television on both March 17 and 18 2012. Roger Sutton, CERA chief executive, was joined by:

The media briefing was presented by Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, Roger Sutton, and Dr Jan Kupec, Chief Geotechnical Engineer, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. Roger Sutton talked about Port Hills white zone meetings and ongoing Port Hills geotechnical investigations. Dr Jan Kupec talked about the Port Hills 3D geotechnical modelling project.