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Land zoning review process – Part 2
Minister Brownlee’s announcement last week of a zoning review process has been criticised for not being particularly clear about who the process is for and what is involved. Roger Sutton’s weekly Chief...
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Land zoning review process – Part 3
The zoning review process has major flaws – the absence of due process and transparency. Neither Minister Brownlee nor Roger Sutton have thought to mention that so far all detailed zoning information...
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CERA–Green Zone community meetings
CERA is coordinating a series of community meetings for green zone property owners. These are an opportunity to hear from and talk with representatives from CERA, Building and Housing, insurers,...
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Review of land zoning decisions
The decisions on applications for zoning reviews have been announced. CERA have general media release information here. More detail including: About the zoning review What the review covered What the...
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Southern Response progress information
Southern Response have created a web page to make public their performance as measured against KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) they have set for themselves. The following is from the page (here):...
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Lifting earthquake-affected buildings in Christchurch
The Department of Labour has produced a fact sheet “to improve awareness of the hazards involved in lifting buildings in Christchurch. It also provides industry recommendations for controlling these...
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CERA release of ground land date used for the zoning reviews.
CERA have released the data and maps used as part of the zoning review. They are very detailed and much grief might have been avoided had they been released as part of the review process. From the CERA...
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Southern Response – temporary repairs to houses
Southern Response have updated their website with information for those awaiting either rebuilds or repairs, and wishing to stay in their existing damaged property until then. The following is from the...
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The meaning of Technical Categories
Building & Housing (formerly the Department of Building & Housing) have released information on what the technical categories mean. This will be mainly of interest to those in Green zones, many...
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Revised guidelines for repairing and rebuilding houses affected by the...
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE, and, in part, formerly the Department of Building and Housing) has updated guidance on repairing and rebuilding houses affected by the...
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