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Gloucester Street pedestrian Open Day

12 July 2012

Since reopening to traffic nearly 4 weeks ago, Gloucester Street has provided a well utilised route through the CBD – cutting right through the middle of the CBD Red Zone.

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Greater Christchurch Recovery Update - Issue 11 (July 2012)

12 July 2012

Greater Christchurch Recovery Update - Issue 11 [PDF 660KB] Issue 11 of the Greater Christchurch Recovery Update was published July 2012.

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Panel Discussion on Winter Resilience

11 July 2012

Winter is well and truly upon us and with it comes illness and the annual drive to keep Cantabrians warm and healthy.

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Chief Executive update – 9 July 2012

09 July 2012

The recent land decisions on the Port Hills have been followed up with community meetings in various locations, and last week we saw over 600 people at afternoon and evening events.

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Flat land zoning review – applications closed

02 July 2012

Following the completion of all of the flat land zoning decisions, CERA announced the process for residents to lodge an appeal against the zoning decision on their land.

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Chief Executive update – 2 July 2012

02 July 2012

As you will know the Earthquake Recovery Minister last week announced zoning decisions for properties in the Port Hills with the majority being zoned Green.

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Over 1100 Port Hills properties zoned green

29 June 2012

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today announced the rezoning of 1107 residential properties on the Port Hills from white to green, meaning the houses are safe for residential occupation and their owners can begin discussions with their private insurers and the Earthquake Commission (EQC) about repairs.

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Small number of properties remain white zoned

29 June 2012

Of the 1558 Port Hills properties awaiting land zoning decisions today, 166 will still need further assessment before a decision can be made, and will stay zoned white, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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285 Port Hills properties zoned red

29 June 2012

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today announced the Government’s red zone offer will be extended to the owners of 285 severely at-risk or largely destroyed residential properties in the Port Hills.

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Chief Executive update – 25 June 2012

25 June 2012

Since Minister Brownlee announced the zoning review process just over a week ago, CERA has been sent a huge number of requests to have zones checked.

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Chief Executive update – 19 June 2012

19 June 2012

Having just celebrated a year in my role at CERA, last week was a good time for me to reflect on what has been done so far.

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Greater Christchurch Recovery Update - Issue 10 (15 June 2012)

15 June 2012

Greater Christchurch Recovery Update - 15 June 2012 [PDF 1.35MB] The latest issue of the Greater Christchurch Recovery Update, published 15 June 2012

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Red zone offers a roaring success

15 June 2012

A major milestone has been reached in the offer and settlement process for residents in the residential red zone as the one year anniversary of the programme approaches, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

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Red zone offer extended to new categories

15 June 2012

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today announced the extension of the residential red zone offer to include residential properties that were under construction at the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and a small number of not-for-profit non-residential buildings.

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Zoning review process in place

15 June 2012

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced the introduction of a review process for those insured residential property owners who wish to query their land zoning.

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Road change update

14 June 2012

Work to reopen Durham Street North has been completed faster than anticipated and the one-way system will now open by 6pm tonight.

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CBD Red Zone commercial bus venture

13 June 2012

Earlier this year the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority called for expressions of interest from commercial operators regarding running bus visits through the CBD Red Zone.

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Upcoming CBD cordon changes

13 June 2012

Work to reduce the cordon is progressing with two changes scheduled for this Friday at 5pm.

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Chief Executive update – 11 June 2012

11 June 2012

Winter has certainly arrived as predicted, and as pretty as it is, the snow managed to cause its fair share of issues around Canterbury last week. And the forecast ahead is for more winter - not that we should be surprised about that!

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Snow issues - 11.50am Wednesday 6 June 2012

06 June 2012

The Avondale Earthquake Assistance Centre (EAC), based at the Avondale golf course, is closed today. The building is accessed by a long sloping ramp which is proving too hazardous to walk on in the snow. It will reopen tomorrow (Thursday 7 June). The CBD Red Zone remains open and operational today, however some contractors may assess their own work programmes if the heavy snow continues.

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Chief Executive's update - 5 June 2012

05 June 2012

The first really wintry blast is upon us now and that’s a timely reminder that we need to look after each other. The next CERA supplement that will arrive in your letterbox from next week has a lot of information about the services and support available to everyone over the winter months.

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Public Notice: Recovery Strategy for Greater Christchurch - Mahere Haumanutanga o Waitaha

02 June 2012

The Recovery Strategy for Greater Christchurch Mahere Haumanutanga o Waitaha has been approved by Order in Council made by the Governor-General.

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Earthquake Recovery Strategy launched

31 May 2012

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today released the Recovery Strategy which sets out the directions and priorities for the region’s recovery.

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Update from Roger Sutton, Chief Executive: 28 May 2012

28 May 2012

The next six months will see increasing progress on repairs and rebuilds in the residential green zone, and an increasing focus on TC3 properties.

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Public Notice: Styx River Catchment subject to the Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan

23 May 2012

Summary: The Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan (NRRP) and the Waimakariri River Regional Plan (WRRP) are amended from the publication of this notice by adding the Styx River catchment to the water quality provisions of the NRRP and removing reference to the Catchment from the WRRP. This allows all catchments within the north east of Christchurch City to be subject to the water quality provisions of the NRRP.

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