Sunday, July 21st, 2013 at 05:09:31 UTC (17:09:31 local)
8:02 PM Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
By Rebecca Quilliarm
...EQC general manager (click here) customer services Bruce Emson said the claim total stood at 1050.
About two thirds related to damage in Wellington, with the remaining number coming from the Marlborough region.
"Claims received have been for mostly minor damage or damaged contents."
If required, additional staff would be brought in to deal with an influx of claims, Mr Emson said.
"There is unlikely to be any impact on processing claims from the Canterbury quakes."There was also sufficient cover through levies, reinsurance and the Crown guarantee to provide for all valid claims, he said....
2:17 PM Tuesday Jul 23, 2013
By Viamona Tapaleao
...NZ Principals' Federation (click here) president Phil Harding headed a school in Christchurch during the February, 2011, earthquake.
He said it was still too early to determine whether or not children in Wellington would be heavily affected by Sunday's big quake.
"They
will be dealing with the now. That will be fixing the damage ... and
the adrenaline is very high and thinking: 'We can deal with this and
we're okay'. The stress doesn't come until the quakes keep coming and on
and on it goes."Mr Harding said the difference between youngsters in Christchurch and Wellington is that the February 2011 earthquake struck while students were at school.
"When the February earthquake happened, every kid in Christchurch was in school having their lunch. So school became front and centre of their thinking about the earthquake, because they would think about where they were and who they were with."
Trade Me spokesman Paul Ford said there was 40 times more searches for "survival kit" on the site in the 24 hours after the quake struck....
