Housing New Zealand
Update:
Repair Programme for 212 Houses
Following the sequence of major earthquakes, Housing New Zealand initiated its first
repair programme of 212 houses in greater Christchurch, to be completed by 31 October
2012.
The programme is on target to meet its deadline. As houses are completed, they are retenanted.
Houses were identified as suitable for repair (as opposed to houses that were more
severely damaged and therefore likely to be demolished). A scope of works was
undertaken to look at what was required.
This included:

Tiled roofs replaced with long-run colorsteel.

Brick chimneys removed to ceiling level.

Lathe & plaster internal walls replaced with gib-board where lathe & plaster is
deemed to be beyond repair.

Land re-levelled particularly in areas where liquefaction had created problems.

Drainage repairs including sewerage and storm water.

Internal and external redecorating.

Reviewing and replacing damaged inter-tenancy walls to comply with fire regulations.

Reseeding lawns where applicable.

Checking electric wiring.

Heating reinstated as required.
Of the 212 houses, one is in Kaiapoi, the remainder are in Christchurch.
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Progress Table:
Suburb
Number
Not
10%
15%
30%
2
1
2
65%
80%
98%
Aranui
42
Avondale
1
Avonside
25
3
Bromley
5
3
Broomfield
1
Bryndwr
21
43
Burwood
7
4
ChCh
Central
3
1
Edgeware
1
1
Heathcote
Valley
1
1
Hoon Hay
1
Hornby
4
2
2
Ilam
2
1
1
Kaiapoi
1
1
Linwood
5
3
1
1
Mairehau
8
1
6
New
Brighton
5
Northcote
1
1
Opawa
3
3
Papanui
1
1
Parklands
12
Phillipstown
2
Redwood
2
Riccarton
2
Richmond
5
3
St Martins
7
2
Shirley
16
6
Somerfield
2
1
Sth New
Brighton
2
Spreydon
6
Strowan
3
3
Sumner
1
1
Upper
Riccarton
3
1
Wainoni
1
1
Woolston
10
2
Total
212
49
Started
5
Houses
Finished
1
33
1
1
1
20
2
1
1
1
16
1
2
2
1
1
4
2
1
1
9
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
4
2
8
1
2
2
4
2
8
5
4
4
1
53
8
138
2
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