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UNDER WAY: A plan for improving the tsunami evacuation process in South New
Brighton is under way, but residents in other areas along the New Brighton coast
are still waiting.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Residents’ groups
try to co-operate on
evacuation plans
• By Gabrielle Stuart
TWO MONTHS after the
failed tsunami evacuation,
work is beginning on
a plan for South New
Brighton residents that
could help them get out
faster.
Civil Defence, Te
Waka Aroha South
Brighton and
the Southshore
Residents Association
are working
together on a community
evacuation
plan, which would
cover things like
evacuation routes
and organise help
for vulnerable
residents.
They plan to
hold a community
meeting in several weeks
to discuss the proposal.
But other residents’
groups in New Brighton,
North New Brighton
and Waimairi have yet
to be contacted by Civil
Defence.
And the The Star can
reveal confusion between
groups in the South New
Brighton area has meant
other work developing
community plans has
stalled.
The South Brighton
Residents’ Association has
been working with the
South Brighton Surf Life
Saving Club to co-ordinate
a network of volunteers to
help in an emergency and
has also been distributing
information to residents in
the area.
Hugo
Kristinsson
Jane Harrison
But that work has been
put on hold because they
did not have information
from Civil Defence.
Residents along the
coast faced congested
exits across Avon River
bridges after the 7.8
magnitude earthquake
struck just after midnight
on November 14.
Residents fearing
a possible tsunami
would not have escaped
if a big wave
struck.
City council Civil
Defence head Alicia
Palmer said she had
not received any messages
directly from the
residents’ association.
“Our understanding
is that Te Waka Aroha
South Brighton and
the Southshore Residents
Association are working
closely together,” she said.
But South Brighton
Residents’ Association
chairman Hugo Kristinsson
said that was not the
case.
Te Waka Aroha South
Brighton founder Jane
Harrison was a former
member of the residents’
group, but Mr Kristinsson
said there had been very
little communication between
the groups since she
left three years ago.
“I cannot understand
why she is actually getting
involved with this,
because she specifically
said she doesn’t want to get
involved with any earthquake
issues,” he said.
He said tsunami response
information should
come from the association
to avoid confusion and
mixed messages.
But Ms Harrison said
she was happy to work
with the residents’ association
and share information
she received from Civil
Defence.
She said Te Waka Aroha
South Brighton planned to
focus on different aspects
of an evacuation plan,
such as co-ordinating
community meetings and
working with individuals,
while the residents’
association focused on
distributing information.
Mr Kristinsson said he
believed that would still
create confusion.
In other areas around
New Brighton, groups
are also still waiting for
information.
New Brighton resident
Susie Bragg said she
planned to hold a
residents’ meeting
more than a month ago
to discuss the failed
evacuation and how to
improve it.
But that meeting had to
be cancelled because she
couldn’t get information
from Civil Defence staff at
the city council.
“We couldn’t get
answers from council
and, if we didn’t have that
information, there wasn’t
any point,” she said.
She plans to co-ordinate
with Te Waka Aroha
South Brighton to use the
information they get from
Civil Defence.
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