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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Christchurch Residents Getting The Bad News



Their struggles to rebuild, end:
Maureen Marshall had tears in her eyes as the reality sank in of having to leave the home she and husband Denne built 15 years ago. "We always hoped we could stay but ..."

The Dallington couple, aged in their 70s, were among 5100 Christchurch homeowners told yesterday that they would have to abandon their homes in the newly designated red zone.

Prime Minister John Key and Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced a package for insured homeowners in the city's east, northeast and Waimakariri beach areas that will see the Government buying them out within nine months. Their houses are on land too severely damaged to allow rebuilding in the short term.
More information at the CERA Web Site.

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