Southerly by David Haywood

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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad News For You

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  • Stephen Judd,

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    I'd really like to know what CERA actually do on a daily basis.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to merc,

    I’d really like to know what CERA actually do on a daily basis.

    Lunch

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    Aw you can't know that because they're not telling ;-)

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to merc,

    not until after the election

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    CERA: (post election), yes, lunch was had (statement ends).

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Stephen Judd,

    . . . September 5 Cabinet meeting in Chch.

    "At the the Copthorne Hotel - 449 Memorial Avenue (near Christchurch Airport)."

    What a Bunch of cop(thorne)ulators. Like holding a cabinet meeting at the Mangere Grand Chancellor, and claiming you'd done it in Auckland. .

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    Transport by Airforce jet, separately.
    You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man! The Marriage of Figaro (1778), act II, scene ii.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to merc,

    You took the trouble to be born, no more. You remain an ordinary enough man!

    But I have "Hard Earned Money"
    What do you have?

    You have to suffer to make me feel better about my useless existence,
    Your pain is my pleasure
    Your suffering my joy,
    For without that,
    My existence would be futile.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to merc,

    I'd really like to know what CERA actually do on a daily basis.

    In Brownlee's case his priority is ministering to those whose interests he is now plainly shown to represent. Despite the rapidly snowballing obviousness that Christchurch's "rebuild" is stalled by a venal and dysfunctional insurance industry, Gerry Brownlee said a temporary Government-backed insurance scheme was not "on the table".

    Brownlee was keeping in close touch with insurance companies and making sure they had the most up-to-date seismic information. It was hoped the companies would re-enter the market after a period of seismic stability.

    The Jordan Carter scheme to contain land profiteering is an obvious non-starter as long as the Philistine Fuck (I'm being kind here) wields imperial powers.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    Seems as if Christchurch needs to sign a Treaty with CERA to stave of the dispossession of their lands and sovereignty.

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie,

    It's now more than three weeks since the demolition crew who'd begun work on the 17-storey Clarendon Tower were laid off at short notice because of a failure to secure insurance cover.

    On a more minor level, a company with 29 employees made a claim for a week's lost production due to clean-up following the February quake. Two weeks later their insurance company decided that, as most of their work was sourced from overseas on a contract-by-contract basis, they could make up the shortfall by building it into their charges over the coming year. When asked what was the point of having this type of cover they were told that it was "your choice".

    The Avonside Blog makes the interesting point that the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry specifically addresses the issue of insurance in some detail, while such concerns are outside the narrow terms of reference of the Royal Commission sitting in Christchurch:

    These Australian areas of review have great relevance to our New Zealand situation, and are needed here, with the one difference of including EQC as an insurer for the purpose of the reviews. There ought not be much resistance to the idea as a large part of the insurance offered in New Zealand is from Australian based companies who must be used to being reviewed by now.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    Why is the opposition not all over this like stink on the shit that it is?

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Rich Lock,

    Why is the opposition not all over this like stink on the shit that it is?

    Beats me, apart from most of the damage having occurred in Labour-held electorates. When your MP happens to be Brendon Burns, Lianne Dalziel, Clayton Cosgrove or Ruth Dyson, any representation on your part can be handily dismissed as "playing politics". If Brownlee senses the need to appear temporarily statesmanlike there are a couple of listers who'll pick up the slack.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    What do the Christchurch Council do now that they have been usurped?

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    the revenge of the Blob...
    Brownlee gets an op-ed piece in today's Press
    how many weasel words can ya get in one article....
    Brownlee just doesn't get it does he?
    - still demands that people be grateful...
    that tosser has to go this election!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    Here's the offer from CERA http://cera.govt.nz/faq/land-status/the-government-offer
    I wouldn't like to be having to evaluate this, it reads like a sale and purchase agreement with alot of hooks in it. And just what is the Crown intending to do with it's newly acquired Red Zone?

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Joe Wylie,

    any representation on your part can be handily dismissed as "playing politics"

    unless it is done properly - say, by a well-briefed party leader or senior MP as part of a coherent and planned campaign

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to Sacha,

    . . . or senior MP as part of a coherent and planned campaign

    Who cares about coherence and campaigning when there's the chance of a bit of bike racing with your favourite fruitloop.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Rich Lock,

    Why is the opposition not all over this like stink on the shit that it is?

    Bulletin Edition no.99

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,

    Sofie - thanks for that.

    It's great an' all. But the fact you're publicising this and having to point it out to me, rather than me getting it direct from the horses mouth....kinda proves the point.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • JordanTCarter,

    Does anyone know any particular reason why my idea's unworkable? (Aside from the fact it's probably too ""socialist"" for the current administration...)

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Jul 2011 • 5 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to JordanTCarter,

    I love your idea. Hope your party and allies competently push for it to happen.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Rich Lock,

    Thing is Rich I figured really early on in this event that Labour would have their usual difficulty of being heard through MSM. So I send emails asking questions to the horses mouth as it's kinda logical . If I ask ,they generally answer. Sadly it should be easy to locate but it really is a big issue for them to get anything out unless it's Phil Goff, often with headings not at all flattering. Clare Curran recently got a mention because she was in arguments on their blog.I suspect because it was bickering, it was worth publishing. But that's about all the attention she got. She writes almost daily on Red Alert and three years down the track they mention a quarrel as the news.
    Anyway if you want to know something, email, it's this new thing, all the rage y'know
    Also Rich, you can google eh? Think its the first thing if you google Labour Party :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Judd, in reply to Rich Lock,

    the fact you’re publicising this and having to point it out to me,

    Dude, opposition press releases just aren't news. I actually think some of the more stunty things we've seen lately are experiments at how to get some news traction when traditional methods aren't working. Disclaimer: I am a party member, but the previous sentence is pure speculation.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

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