Grant Robertson and Megan Woods outline the Government's response to the report on EQC. The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has been labelled arrogant and discriminatory, despite top-level promises of a changed organisation. It has 1500 earthquake claims on its books, including many from repairs that were botched the first time around. There’s a lack of standards and how do you make EQC accountable when they get it wrong?”Are you still settling a claim with EQC? “We’re back to that place where they [EQC] can just say no, that’s the arrogance.”Liz McDonald/Stuff Dame Silvia Cartwright headed the EQC inquiry, which announced its findings in April.

Source: Stuff September 02, 2020 04:30 UTC