If you have damage take photos and don’t attempt any work to repair it unless you’ve spoken to your insurer first. “Some areas have more damage than others in the region. “You may have insurance bills due but are unable to pay due to lack of banking connectivity, however, insurance companies are aware of the problem and working through how best to address it.” Mr Petty says staff from either EQC or the Insurance Council will be in the city next week so people can chat face-to-face with them, and get information and advice. “For some homeowners, issues such as doors that can’t close, cracks in walls or windows and perhaps even cracks or sagging in your property, are the things we need to hear about.” Those with significant damage are urged to contact Council if you have e-mail or phone. It is a difficult conversation anyway without these layers of complexity.” “The lack of connectivity due to the loss of data and cellular networks has made this particularly challenging. Those who own homes that have been stickered are advised to take photos of the damage where possible and to contact their insurance companies to get the process underway. “That means we would always err on the side of caution when applying stickers.” It also means part or all of the building may have sustained moderate damage, or some areas of the building, neighbouring buildings, or land instability pose a significant risk.ĭuring an event like Cyclone Gabrielle inspectors conduct a rapid assessment which will shortly be peer-reviewed.Ĭouncil’s Building Service Manager Ian Petty says the safety and health of people is always the priority. This is to allow the owner to recover valuables, expensive items like TVs, medicines, and memorabilia. The risk could be from the building itself, from adjacent buildings or from land instability.Ī yellow sticker means that access to your building is restricted, and it cannot be used, or you cannot enter except under supervision for a limited time or on essential business. Your building may pose a significant risk to you, the public, health and wellbeing. The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle have seen Council red sticker nine homes with a further 149 yellow stickered.Ī red sticker means entry is prohibited. Red or yellow stickers indicate that a house has suffered severe (red) or moderate (yellow) damage. Having your home red or yellow stickered is traumatic but there is support available to guide people through it all. Relief for property owners of red and yellow stickered homes.Trucks returning to our roads over the next two weeks.Contractors on the ground clearing silt today.State of Emergency extended for seven days.Water Update – Matawhero and Manutuke supplied on Tuesday.Emergency overflow notification 24 February.Precautionary evacuation of Tokomaru Bay underway.Ministerial inquiry into log slash a welcome relief.Where to dump your silt - open tomorrow.Search and Rescue touch down to hear "everyone's ok".If you want to help - here's where to donate.What red and yellow stickers mean on properties.Water crisis continues – conservation still needed.Day five - focus on those still isolated.Water demand exceeds supply - please conserve!.Food, water and fuel at critical levels for region.Red weather warnings for whole district.Rapidly evolving situation - Cyclone Gabrielle.Emergency overflow notification 13 February.Tairāwhiti declares a local state of emergency.Campers asked to pack up with cyclone approaching.
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