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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 launched September 2016. p. 14
 * "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
 * Overview of economic impact and surveys, p. 14
 * "On 4 September 2010, the Mayors of the Christchurch City Council, Waimakariri District Council and Selwyn District Council each declared a state of local emergency" p. 19
 * "On 6 September 2010, the Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group activated its recovery structure and began recovery planning" p. 19
 * "Prior to the 22 February 2011 earthquake, it was clear that the governance arrangements put in place were not functioning as well as had been intended. There were concerns that the organisation of the recovery was struggling to make progress, and that local Canterbury civil defence emergency management structures remained as dysfunctional as they had been prior to the 4 September 2010 earthquake" and confusion, p. 20
 * "... first time a state of national emergency had been declared in New Zealand under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002" p. 20
 * Lifespan of CERA p. 22
 * "[CERA] was tasked with leading and coordinating the recovery, but it was never intended to manage or deliver Canterbury’s recovery alone" p. 22