Stannard posts
Daily Mail ‘I should have gone skiing’
Boy hoped to get an iPad for perfect 100% school attendance; was given a PEN instead
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Sam Stannard, 16, missed no lessons at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy in Brighton for five years.
114 months ago
HelloGiggles The amazing Paige wanted to shave her head to look like her dad, and when her mom warned her she might be mistaken for a boy, Paige replied, “Girls can have their hair any way they want.”
On. Point.
Parents let 6-year-old shave her head, send inspiring message about girls and beauty
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Paige Lucas-Stannard is all about gender neutral parenting, she actually wrote a book entitled, appropriately enough "Gender Neutral Parenting." Apparently, her approach to gender has made quite the impression on her daughter Aellyn, because after wa Read more ... tching her dad shave his head, the 6-year-old aske…
131 months ago
Sarah O'Brien Yes.. and all the public Tax payers monies have been wasted on WHAT GERRY???
and.. will this be on NZs news???? and are 86,000 unconsented foundation repairs now all wrong??? They were told and chose to ignore..
Date: Wednesday 18 February 2015 10 Read more ... :32 pm
To: "G Brownlee (MIN)", , N Smith
Cc: Conan Young, "martin.vanbeynen@press.co.nz", "Dalziel, Lianne (Mayor)", Kate McCallum, , , , , , , , , , , , Eugenie Sage
Subject: Tonkin Taylor Stage 3 Land Report - Legal Boundaries and Shallow Surface Land Movement
Dear Prime Minister, Hon Brownlee, Hon Smith [with the utmost urgency]
You will be well aware of the Surveyor General’s (of LINZ) presentation this afternoon in Christchurch.
In this meeting he has brought in new Survey Guidelines that are effective immediately and that will have a significant impact on many people in Christchurch and Canterbury.
In this presentation, he re-itereated the Common Law that the legal boundary does not move when shallow surface land movement occurs (e.g. landslides, lateral spread, etc).
This affects many parts of Christchurch such as the Lower Slopes of the Port Hills, and suburbs adjacent to waterways and the ocean (e.g. Sumner, Redcliffs, Brighton, Fendalton, Burwood, Wainoni, Southshore, Kaiapoi, etc).
For the last 4 years EQC has assessed and settled claims without taking into account this shallow surface land movement, even though it was well known that it had occurred and what the legal implications were.
The EQC and private insurance that the homeowners had in place was to protect them from this very type of event, however, it seems that the risk has, in many cases, been transferred back to the homeowner.
What this means, is that in years to come, it will be the homeowner that has to pay the costs to have their house, fences, driveways and garage moved back into the correct position. This is a risk transfer back to the homeowner – for the very risk that they took out insurance for in the first case.
I am requesting that you instruct EQC, Southern Response and ALL Insurers to place an immediate halt on the settlement of all insurance claims until the position of the house and site features can be accurately determined in relation to the legal boundary. Only then can the correct repair/rebuild strategy be determined.
In summary, I consider that you need to do the following immediately (that is, on Thursday 19th February 2015):
place a hold on the settlement of ALL insurance claims that are currently being processed until it can be accurately established what impact land movement has had on the Insured property;
immediately instigate an independent (that is, independent) audit into ALL of EQC’s practices, assessment methods, expertise of their consultants;
immediately instigate an independent audit into LINZ to determine why it has taken them 4 years to address this problem. I consider in fairness, that 12 months should have been ample time.
initiate a complete re-assessment of all House and Land claims that both EQC and Southern Response have already settled in the areas of this movement.
outline clearly why it has taken the Government 4 years to address this issue, when many surveyors knew immediately after the earthquakes what the impact would be.
I consider that the home and landowners of Christchurch and Canterbury should be entitled to know the truth. However, it seems that repeatedly, the truth is not forthcoming.
Below, I note my email to you about the Tonkin and Taylor Stage 3 Land Report. Your Surveyor General answered my question today. That is, the Tonkin and Taylor Stage 3 Land Report is incorrect. It is wrong. It shows the legal boundary moving with the land. The boundary doesn’t. What is more, surveyors knew this 4 years ago. LINZ and the Government also knew this. The Government also knew of the massive legal and insurance implications of this.
I look forward to your attention to this matter. It is of grave importance. It is imperative that you, as the leaders of this Nation, ensure that the people that had insurance obtain what they are legally entitled to.
In defence of Land Information New Zealand, I consider their approach to provide a solution to be a generally good, and it has my support. However, I question why it has only come now, when the bulk of insurance claims have been settled. This should have been dealt with within 12 months of the 22 February 2011. However, it is now 4 years (48 months) later, and only now are the public entitled to the truth. For many, the truth has come too late, and they will have to now fund to fix the problem, rather than EQC and the Insurers.
I consider that Minister Brownlee, EQC, and Land Information New Zealand need to clearly articulate why this critical and obvious problem has been left until the bulk of the insurance claims have been settled.
As always, I am available to meet you to discuss these issues further.
regards
adrian cowie
registered professional surveyor
topografo ltd
133 months ago