Not long ago, a press conference was held by by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key to outline some plans for SOME of the residents of christchurch whose properties have been damaged by all the quakes.
Here is some of what was announced:
The Government has confirmed that 5000 Christchurch houses are so severely damaged they are unlikely to be rebuilt for a "considerable" time.
Around 9,000 more will need to be evaluated before their future can be decided.
For people who owned property with insurance in the residential red zones on September 3, 2010 - the day before the first big quake struck - there will be two options:
the Crown makes an offer of purchase for the entire property at current rating value (less any built property insurance payments already made), and assumes all the insurance claims other than contents; or
the Crown makes an offer of purchase for the land only, and homeowners can continue to deal with their own insurer about their homes.
Residents can check the status of their property through the official Government website - www.landcheck.org.nz - although the site has already gone down this afternoon.
Christchurch has been zoned into four zones based on the scale of earthquake damage suffered.
Those in the red and orange zones, with severely damaged land and homes, would learn their fate today, Mr Key said.
Other in zones labelled green and white would not learn the future of their homes from today's announcement, he said.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said 11,000 homes would soon be available for displaced residents to move into.
Another 6000 sections had been placed in the Christchurch long-term plan and could be available soon, he said.
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7:36 PM PT: The suburb of Bexley and Avonside are munted. 90 percent of the houses in Bexley alone will have to be demolished.