If you ever hear EQC trying to claim they did not create the DBH/MBIE Guidance, refer them to the attached scanned front page which shows the Engineering Advisory Group were referred to as "EQC Engineering Advisory Group" and the information they produced was confidential to the EQC.

1. No mention of the EQC Act as the standard to meet; and,

2. No mention of the Insurance policy contract as a standard to meet; and,

3. Use of the words ‘pragmatic and focused advice to facilitate effective use of relevant knowledge and efficient use of expertise.’; and,

4. No mention of any involvement of the homeowner (or insured) as a stakeholder and the ultimate recipient of the technical response to their residential dwelling(s).

Why do Engineering NZ single out the MBIE Guidance as a document to refer to? Why do they not refer to Gib Guidelines when it comes to plasterboard products, or WANZ when it comes to windows, or NZ Federation of Brick and Block Layers when it comes to masonry?

Ali Jones says the 2013 Faultlines Report made much of the poor communication between claimants and EQC, together with how the provision of claimant’s information needed to be less wieldy and more efficient but little changed. Ian Simpson was also quoted in the media several years ago as denying people needed to submit an Official Information Act Request (OIA) for their own information, something about which he was incorrect.

Dean Lester believes claims are being prevented from settling because of the silo’s and people in other divisions such as technical and apportionment. “How can we progress claims if we can’t even meet with the people who are holding up the claims? 

Read the Stuff article on the Ministerial Report

Every person with an EQC claim deserves to know this before it is too late. "There should be hundreds, if not thousands, more as there were systemic failures by EQC, particularly in respect of damage to rubble foundations). In our experience the vast majority will go "over-cap" and be transferred to the insurer."

Changes to the EQC scheme announced today.

As the seventh anniversary of the February 22 Christchurch earthquake approaches, a new campaign has been launched.

Called “Letterboxes - #7YearsOn”, the campaign is designed to raise the profile of the thousands of unresolved insurance and EQC claims, some dating from the September 2010 quake.

Do you have to pay salvage after the dishcarge of a claim?

Presentation by Grand Shand, 27 November 2017 at the EQC Fix public meeting — Southern Response and the Concealed DRA’s

For me, the priority is making sure that people are able to move on with their lives.

More than 7 years after the first Canterbury earthquake sequence started in September 2010, several significant issues continue to confound claimants. A meeting on Monday 27th November, 7:00pm, will address these issues.

In respect of "on-sold" properties IAG will not confirm that it has agreed to defer the LP defence to 30 June 2018.  It appears that IAG is going to claim that re. "on-sold" properties it can rely on the LP defence from 4/9/17. 

In 2010 a government ministry (DBH) responded to the Canterbury Earthquake events with Guidance information that they portrayed as been a legitimate insurance response.  In 2016 the same ministry (MBIE) admitted it was not an adequate insurance response. Support this petition to investigate if this deception has caused widespread disadvantage to homeowners.

What this study shows is of the seven properties assessed by EQC only one was assessed correctly (an 86% failure rate). EQC missed significant structural damage in four of the seven properties (a 57% failure rate).

Minister Brownlee, responding to questions in the House, recently stated that there were 7.9% call back requests. Call back requests are reliant on the homeowner knowing their home had missed damage and initiating contact with EQC.

We already have one devastating example of the outcome of damaged missed by EQC and the subsequent impact on future property owners, there are likely to be many more in the years to come