The Star: April 06, 2017

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Thursday April 6 2017 9
preparation
“The first earthquake happened
on a Sunday when everyone
was at home, while the second
happened on a Friday afternoon
when everyone was at work.
“After the Friday earthquake
people got stuck in the city
among the chaos, and had difficulty
travelling home.
“In a survey after the earthquakes,
we found people were
more likely to develop a household
emergency plan after the
Friday earthquake, than the
Sunday one, because of the terrible
experiences they had getting
home.
“So context is everything,
and you have to think about the
nature of people’s experiences in
different earthquakes, how they
might respond, and what we need
to tell people to encourage and
support preparedness.”
Dr Becker felt the findings
highlighted how planners could
use people’s real-life experiences
to get them better prepared –
something that wasn’t a big focus
with educational work with communities.
“People’s life experiences
are much more ‘real’ to them
and they are more likely to pay
attention when preparedness
information is framed in a way
that is ‘real’ and relevant to their
situation.”
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How prepared are we
for disaster?
•According to a Statistics
NZ survey – carried
out after the biggest
Canterbury quakes but
before November’s 7.8
Kaikoura Earthquake
– 22 per cent of New
Zealanders believe
they have the basic
preparations necessary to
get through.
•Figures from the 2012
New Zealand General
Social Survey show the
proportion of people
with basic preparations
– a three-day supply of
food and water, and a
household emergency
plan – was up from 17 per
cent in 2010.
•Not surprisingly, the
region with the highest
level of basic preparation
was Canterbury - 40
per cent had basic
preparations, up from 28
per cent in 2010.
•Marlborough (36 per
cent) and Hawke’s Bay (30
per cent) also had high
proportions of people who
were basically prepared. In
Wellington, 29 per cent of
people were prepared and
about a quarter of people
in the Bay of Plenty and
Gisborne region had basic
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•The regions with the
lowest rates for basic
preparation in 2012 were
Northland, Auckland,
Waikato, Otago, and
Southland, where less
than one fifth of people
prepared.
•Nationally, 17 per cent
of people had better-thanbasic
preparations for a
natural disaster – they
also had a torch, portable
radio, spare batteries,
first aid kit, and essential
medicines, on top of a
three-day supply of food
and water and a household
emergency plan.
•This figure was up from
12 per cent in 2010.
•Approximately onethird
of New Zealand
households had an
emergency plan in 2012.
This has increased steadily
from approximately onequarter
of households in
2008.
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Loitering
bylaw plan
for Riccarton
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A NEW bylaw targeting loitering
could be brought into central
Riccarton to address youth
crime.
The police are considering
making a submission to the city
council asking for a new bylaw
to stop loitering around the
Riccarton bus lounge.
The idea was suggested by
Constable Aaron Thorn at the
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board meeting
last Tuesday and is supported
by Senior Constable Ken
Carter.
It comes after youth gathering
in the Riccarton bus lounge on
the corner of Riccarton Rd and
Division St have been causing
problems.
“It is something I would like
to see go through because then it
gives us powers to move them on,”
Constable Thorn said.
Since opening in 2015, the
Riccarton bus lounge has been
a hot-spot for trouble-causing
youth, which is affecting
surrounding businesses.
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