The Star: February 22, 2018

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Thursday February 22 2018 9
What’s happening today
A number of events and
services will be held
today to commemorate
the seventh anniversary
of the February 22, 2011,
earthquake. Here are some
of the public events
Civic Service – A civic
service will take place today
opposite the Canterbury Earthquake
National Memorial to
commemorate the seventh anniversary
of the February quake.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
will speak at the 45min public
service. It will start at 12.30pm
on the corner of Montreal St
and Cambridge Tce. This year’s
service would be jointly hosted
by the city council and Quake
Families Trust. “The memorial
has become a special place to the
families and friends of those 185
names etched into the memorial
wall, and has truly become
a place for the community to
come together and reflect on
our shared experiences,” Mayor
Lianne Dalziel said.
REMEMBERING: A civic service will be held at the Canterbury
Earthquake National Memorial today at 12.30pm.
River of Flowers – Five sites
along the Avon River will have
River of Flowers events today
running between 12.30pm and
1.30pm. The Avon Loop Planning
Association will host one at
Otautahi The Bricks at the Barbadoes
St bridge. Another will
be held at the former Medway St
Bridge site, which will be supported
by Avebury House and
the Avon-Otakaro Network. The
Wainoni Avonside Community
Services will host one. It would
have a pre-service at Wainoni
Methodist Church, before walking
across to the river. There will
be another hosted by the Burwood
Christian Centre at the
Avondale bridge riverbank, and
the last will be at the Christchurch
Yacht Club car park in
Moncks Bay. People can go
along with flowers to drop in the
river. Further information can
be found at http://www.flourish.
org.nz/river-of-flowers.html
Earthquakes and
Butterflies – A play to
commemorate the seventh
anniversary will open tonight.
Earthquakes and Butterflies
will be performed at the
Transitional Cathedral until
Sunday. Directed by Helen
Moran, the play is based on a
book by Kathleen Gallagher. It
will be presented by Wickcandle
and Imagine Theatre. The
play is shaped by the life
stories of a group of people
whose lives “criss-cross” like
fault lines under the city. For
times and tickets, visit https://
www.eventfinda.co.nz/2018/
earthquakes-butterflies-7thanniversary-theatre-event/
christchurch
CTV Building site – A
private ceremony was held
last night to bless the newlylandscaped
CTV Building site.
The site, on the corner of Madras
and Cashel Sts, has been turned
into a peaceful memorial site.
It is now open for the public to
visit.
Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
Quakes will
cost council
$10 billion
SEVEN YEARS on, Deloitte has
calculated how much the 2010 and
2011 earthquakes will cost the city
council.
It has said the total cost will be
more than $10 billion.
Of that, about $2.3 billion has
been funded by other parties, so
the city council has $7.7 billion to
pay.
As of June, the earthquakes had
cost the city council $3.6 billion.
Of that, $1.6 billion was Crown
contributions, $0.9 billion was
from insurance, $0.1 billion in
increased rates levies, $0.2 billion
from capital release and $0.6 billion
from increased debt.
The city council asked Deloitte
to calculate the financial cost of the
quakes to the city council as part of
its Long Term Plan 10-year budget.
It used the city council’s long
term plans, forecasts and actual
financial information to assess the
impact.
In terms of ongoing costs, Deloitte
said a further $4 billion of
earthquake-related capital investment
was required over the next 30
years to return assets to the level
they were prior to the quakes.
With inflation, it would total $5.7
billion.
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