Thurs 14.06.12. It was time see CERA's temporary village, Rawhiti Domain, New Brighton. Weeks before I'd looked for building there, but nothing was happening. More than a year post 22.02.11 Killer Quake, according to CERA's website, on 23.03.12 CERA minister Brownlee announced building of the temporary village at Rawhiti Domain. Why did NZ National govt delay building another temp village?
14.06.12. Rawhiti Domain entrance, Shaw Ave
14.06.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Contractor Truck. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain entrance, Keyes Rd
14.06.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain
14.06.12. Fallen branches due to snow. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain
14.06.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain
Near the golf course, 19 two bedroom, temporary houses stood in 2 rows, with wooden steps almost completed by each house. They looked like cheap army barracks. Workmen in orange, Hi- Vis vests & hard hats built the temporary housing behind a steel mesh fence cordon.
14.06.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain
14.06.12. Broken steel mesh fence cordon, due to fallen branch during snow. Post quakes, Temp Village, Rawhiti Domain
Tall pines loomed both sides of the development going to Keyes Rd entrance. Fallen branches lay about due to last week's snowfall. The steel mesh fence cordon around the housing development was damaged at one place where a heavy branch had fallen. There was ample space in Rawhiti Domain for more housing, if needed.
NZ National govt / CERA deemed some quake damaged land as red zone land & uninhabitable, by its own geotech rules made by Tonkin & Taylor geotech engineers. CERA then offered red zoners a choice of two 2007 Rateable Value land deals for their residential properties. If red zoners took the NZ National govt / CERA deal, NZ National govt / CERA took over red zoners' insurances & land & forced red zoners off their land with a deadline, using red zoners' own insurance money to pay them 2007 Rateable Value. Thus NZ National govt / CERA got land for nothing & red zoners lost their land, if they accepted NZ National govt's / CERA's duress offer. Most red zoners would accept NZ National govt's / CERA's offer & leave. Hobson's choice. Funny how NZ National govt offered 2007 Rateable Value when quake damages were 2010-11, or later.
Why did NZ National govt / CERA expect red zoners to pay exorbitant rents (during the post quake housing crisis) for cheapskate "village" houses, while red zoners searched for other land / housing?
15.06.12. CERA website's "roaring success" news:
"Insured owners of the 7 253 properties in the residential red zone have been given two offers...
Of the 5 054 property owners to sign a sale and purchase agreement to date, 1 155 have chosen option 1, & 3 899 have chosen option 2.
And of those who have signed an agreement, 3 956 have already concluded settlement at a cost to the Crown of $762 million..."
Peanuts! NZ National govt / CERA didn't say what it would do with all the red zone land obtained under duress from Christchurch residential land owners.
CERA website published CERA media releases which were published ad verbatim by media. Thus CERA got away with propaganda with little criticism from lazy journalists.
*Trekked Shaw Ave, Keyes Rd. 18 images.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
See New temporary village announced 23 March 2012 (CERA).
See 'Cruel' zoning process gives 'false hope' (The Press / Stuff Co).
Responded to an email from Radio New Zealand inquiring about CERA's Rawhiti Domain Village "opening date, uptake & progress of works."
ReplyDeleteReplied to an email from a resident Indonesian, freelance writer, who'd survived the 28 Sept 2018, Palu city quake, liquefaction & tsunami. He inquired about Christchurch red zone relocations, temp & permanent; EQC; free NZ govt accommodation, if any; condition of red zone survivors - better life, better housing?
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