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TODO: Read through Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence

TODO: Read through Responses to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission recommendations.

TODO: Write about the Christchurch Technical Categories

Lessons from the Canterbury earthquake sequence

Reading through the report and making notes

• "The total Crown investment in response to the Canterbury earthquakes is estimated at $17.5 billion" p. 5
• "EQ Recovery Learning website (www.eqrecoverylearning.org), which was launched in mid-2016" p. 5
• "The Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 ... Prior to the earthquakes in Canterbury, it was recognised that the legislation would not be adequate to deal with recovery from a large-scale disaster." p. 7
• "However, the Commission did not function as well as had been intended ..." p. 7
• "The key lesson learned from international experience, and from recovery planning following the 4 September 2010 earthquake, was that a single entity with a clear leadership and coordination role in the recovery would remove local confusion and provide the greatest certainty", followed by reasons p. 7
• "Following the 22 February 2011 earthquake, the government recognised that the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 was not fit for purpose" p. 8
• "By the time the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 expired, over 60 Orders in Council had been made to amend other legislation in order to remove barriers to the recovery" p. 8
• "Overall, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 worked as intended ..." p. 9
• "The Canterbury earthquake sequence damaged approximately 90 per cent of homes across greater Christchurch." pp. 10,13 or 167,000 p. 13
• Problems with the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 p. 11
• SCIRT. Might want to create an article for it. pp.11-12, etc
• "the national air quality standard was exceeded on 32 days during 2011 and there was deposition of silt and contaminants in the waterways" p. 13
• Overview of population changed p.13
• School mergers, closures, rebuilds. p.13