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	<description>Campaigning for fair settlements and accountability in Christchurch</description>
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		<title>• CLIMATE CHANGE AND OUR COASTLINE &#8211; HOW WELL HAVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES SERVED OUR COMMUNITY? •</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The cost of climate change&#8221; from Story from Radio New Zealand by Radio New Zealand&#8221;.  (audio) Here is a recent panel discussion at the University of Otago, chaired by Radio New Zealand’s Guyon Espiner, on the threats from climate change that coastal communities will face over coming decades. It is remarkable for the fact that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Avon Temporary Stopbanks Reports 2011-2019</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 03:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are four reports that the Christchurch City Council received from the multinational technical professional services company GHD in response to an invitation to tender (LDRP507). The contract for Stopbank Management was eventually awarded to Geotech Limited on 10 March 2017. The first is an addendum to a risk assessment report from March 2016.  We [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>SUBMISSION BY EMPOWERED CHRISTCHURCH/SOUTH BRIGHTON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION ON THE INSURANCE CONTRACT LAW REVIEW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 01:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General: Insurance plays a crucial role in New Zealand society, yet the New Zealand insurance industry is largely unregulated. It is dominated by two large Australian groups, Suncorp and IAG, with just one local insurer of any significance (Tower). The submission will look at insurance contract law from the perspective of the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE Appeal for access to justice for Canterbury earthquake claimants &#8220;THERE ARE TWO LEGAL SYSTEMS: ONE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL, AND ONE FOR EVERYONE ELSE.&#8221; (Elizabeth Warren, US Senator for Massachusetts, 2016) Dear Minister You recently gave a speech at the Law Foundation Awards Dinner in Wellington [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>THE GREAT RESILIENCE SHAM</title>
		<link>http://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/the-great-resilience-sham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 05:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ RESILIENT GREATER CHRISTCHURCH PLAN:  Are you sick of hearing the word &#8220;resilience&#8221;? Has the word lost all meaning for you? In June 2014, as part of the 100 Resilient Cities Network, a Chief Resilience Officer was appointed at council. For the following two years, the salary for the position was paid by the Rockefeller Foundation [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Christchurch City Council has no answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current Christchurch City Council regime started out in 2014 with great hopes for a sea change in its internal culture and amid promises of transparency and accountability from the new Mayor, Lianne Dalziel. Unfortunately, after a string of revelations over the last year, the Council has become mired in controversy. The many stories include [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive High Court list as of 31 December 2016</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach the first anniversary of our protest rally, and the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that changed all our lives in 2011, here are the latest earthquake litigation statistics from the Christchurch High Court as at 31 December 2016. After five years of discussions, arguments, requests for information, and endless unproductive meetings with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Christchurch High Court Earthquake Litigation List</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2016 01:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christchurch High Court Earthquake Litigation List  As of 30 September 2016 Figure 1: Breakdown of insurers, claims amounts and areas  (Interactive version can be viewed by clicking on the image above) Here is a graphical analysis of the Christchurch High Court earthquake list as at 30 September 2016. Mouse over the insurers in the left-hand section to see [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Existing Use Rights &#8211; Sustainability or a hazardous future</title>
		<link>http://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/existing-use-rights-sustainability-or-a-hazardous-future/</link>
		<comments>http://empoweredchristchurch.co.nz/existing-use-rights-sustainability-or-a-hazardous-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 01:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cateogry 9]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guests: Helen Beaumont, Head of Strategic Planning, Christchurch City Council Councillor David East, Chair of the Regulation and Consents Committee, Christchurch City Council Audience: 23 residents Summary: Part A: Council has been applying Existing Use Right inappropriately, without following the process set out in the Resource Management Act, ignoring its own recommended procedure, ignoring MBIE [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowered Christchurch Inc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 05:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hugo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Empowered Christchurch has been extremely active since the protest rally on 21 February 2016. Following on from the submission made to the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Regenerate Christchurch Bill back in December 2015, further submissions were made on the Replacement Christchurch District Plan at the end of February this year. A hearing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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