Earthquake Info
News Updates for Earthquakes
Please see our News section of this website for regular bulletins.
CanCern
Canterbury Communities’ Earthquake Recovery Network (CanCern) is a network of Residents Association and Community Group representatives from the earthquake-affected neighbourhoods of Canterbury. Their aim is for full community engagement in recovery processes and to work in partnership with recovery agencies. Their website if full of helpful information for the recovery process: http://cancern.org.nz/.
Christchurch City Council (CCC)
- Rates relief
- Temporary Accommodation Permitted
- A Guide for Filling in Ground Cracks on the Port Hills
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Department of Building & Housing (DBH)
Earthquake Commision (EQC)
Earthquake fix
Canterbury Earthquake Temporary Accommodation Service
Earthquake Recovery (EQR)
To help resolve issues you may be facing with Fletcher’s repair or rebuilding, contact your local EQR Earthquake Recovery Hub.
Health Matters
NZ Law
General
- Valuations for broken china
- Contents Claims – Have you mistakenly thrown out some of your contents during clean up that you now need to get valued or prove you had? Justice of the Peace (JP’s) can help. If you have a photo that shows the item in the background, a JP can sign to verify that this is your contents. Contact a JP by looking in the phone book.
- Kaiapoi Residents
- Kiwitreat eco sewage treatment system
- Word of caution for red-zone residents and explains the importance of getting personalised professional advice
Response and Resilience Planning
MPCC together with interested members of the community is currently developing a Response and Resilience plan for civil emergencies. This process is being led by Robin Arnold, a local resident with a keen interest in this subject.If you would like to join this working group please contact Robin robinism@gmail.com or phone her on 980 2890. The group meets fortnightly on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm.
Please find a link to the draft Response and Resilience Plan here Draft Mt Pleasant Response and Resilience Plan 20 December 2011
Street Coordinators Programme
Closely aligned to the development of the Response and Resilience plan is the development of the Street Coordinators programme. MPCC is recruiting Street Coordinators for every 20 houses in the area so that our community is well prepared for an emergency situation be it earthquake, fire, storm or tsunami.
We are working with our partner organisation Canterbury Neighbourhood Support who have developed a unique database which records all important emergency information for any given street or suburb. All coordinators are given a encourage to work with a buddy to improve coverage in an emergency. If you would like to become a Street Coordinator or find out more, contact coordinator@mpcc.org.nz or phone 384-2160. To become a member of an existing group or to check if there is such a group set up in your street see http://christchurch.getsready.net/
Why become a Street Coordinator?
Neighbourhood Support aims to help communities support their members in day to day life and during emergencies. It is much more than the old ‘Neighbourhood Watch’. Neighbourhood Support now has a database on which all members’ details can be recorded. This can include your contact details, what resources and skills you have that could be of use during an emergency, and what needs you have.
Neighbourhood Support Co-ordinators have several important roles (which they can delegate as necessary!) which are mainly concerned with communication:
- Keep the neighbourhood support database up-to-date
- Organise neighbourhood get-togethers to keep people in touch
In the case of an emergency:
- Organise a system so that each of your neighbours is checked within your neighbourhood support group, and report to the area co-ordinator whether everyone is OK or what help is needed
- Act as a communication channel between the Emergency Response Centre (likely to be based at Mt Pleasant School) and the neighbourhood support group.
This does not mean you need to do the physical checking – just ensure there is a system in place for your street.
Each group has two co-ordinators and, because of their role in an emergency, it would help if one of them is based in Mt Pleasant during the day. The role of Street Coordinator is one of those funny things it takes very little time once up and running but it is vital for our resilience in times of emergency.
Help make our community stronger and more prepared, become a co-ordinator…