Heretaunga House, the Hastings District Council building staff have to vacate because of earthquake risk. About 80 Hastings District Council staff will be forced to leave its three-storey building Heretaunga House, which has tenanted offices, including the Hastings Māori Land Court. The Hastings building, on the corner of Warren St and Lyndon Rd, had an initial seismic evaluation in 2011 after the Christchurch earthquakes, which indicated the building was sound. Hastings District Council chief executive Nigel Bickle said that while council had not expected the report to raise issues, it also understood that modelling had evolved since the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes. Bickle said council had put its staff at the centre of its decision to vacate the building.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2020 02:03 UTC