Despite good progress made on the Canterbury recovery, there’s still a need for urgency in resolving outstanding
EQC and insurance claims, the latest wellbeing survey from the Canterbury District Health Board revealed.
The findings show that the number of people experiencing stress most of the time is at its lowest level since the survey began – with 82% of people rating their quality of life positively and only four percent rating it as poor or extremely poor.
“This is consistent with previous surveys,” Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods said. “However, there are a number still suffering major or moderate impacts from living day to day in a damaged home; still making decisions about house damage, repairs and relocation, dealing with EQC and insurance issues; or still suffering additional financial burdens.”
The survey also revealed 14% of Cantabrians still feel the negative impacts of being in a damaged environment and/or surrounded by construction work.
“That’s why this government is prioritising establishing an insurance and EQC arbitration tribunal to speed up the resolution of earthquake claims,” Woods said. “It’s also why we saved the Residential Advisory Service, which provides help for people still in these situations.”
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