Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Bleak farce at Tyranny's...
...to cup of tea
Capote you say?
that's so true, man,
it was rather done
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
setting the epicene...
I still say twatcock was gendered
it definitely ain't neutered,
positively hermaphroditic,
an embodiment of mixed
member representation! -
Capture: Don’t Point Me Out In A Crowd, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Dog daze...
Dad’s chihuahua going missing yesterday
Chihuahuawaves ripple out...
Yapping at the heels of fate...
Life, eh?Hope all get well soon...
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Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to Isaac Freeman,
is the CRP just crap?
You’ve suggested that the EQC is “an organisation that suddenly had to do a job it was never designed for”.
And I meant just that. It’s the kind of mess you get in situations like this.I have trouble buying into this scenario - The EQC was set up precisely for this kind of event, smaller and larger, they have had many years to finesse their responses as per their mission statement:
EQC pays out on claims from New Zealand residential property owners for damage caused by earthquake, natural landslip, volcanic eruption, hydrothermal activity, tsunami; in the case of residential land, a storm or flood; or fire caused by any of these.
In a time of major disaster, such as a large earthquake, EQC works through its Catastrophe Response Programme (CRP). The CRP sets out how EQC will cope with the substantial increase in resources that will be required at such a time. The programme includes an alternative operations site and the provision of additional staff and equipment.
EQC also encourages and funds research about matters relevant to natural disaster damage and it educates and otherwise informs people about what can be done to prevent and mitigate damage caused by natural disasters.
Download and read the 2008/9 Review of EQC's Operational Capability
in which recommendations are made, like:Resources versus timeliness -
It is recommended that, in relation to expectations regarding the timeliness of settling claims in the aftermath of a large scale event and in the light of a possible evolution in the EQC concept, EQC:
• establish the timescales around claims processing in a large scale event (80,000+ claims) that could be achieved with current CRP arrangementsIt states that they were aware that:
The number, nature and scale of disasters that EQC may need to respond to in any year are difficult to predict because:
• New Zealand is a geologically active country with a long coastline that is subject to a range of natural disasters
• its population is highly urbanised and concentrated in the main urban centres, especially Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, meaning that moderate events focused on particular centres can potentially generate large numbers of claims...
The largest event to date has been the Gisborne earthquake of 2007 which generated around 6000 claims. A similar or larger event focused on a large population centre, such as a Wellington earthquake, a volcanic eruption in Auckland or an east coast New Zealand tsunami, could generate tens or hundreds of thousands of claims.It was recommended that when:
Engaging/earmarking additional key personnel that EQC:
• to assist claims assessment after a large scale event, consider formally engaging a contract structural engineer/adviser to advise when formal engineering assessment is required
• explore the possibility of tapping the New Zealand retired community for loss adjusters to supplement the staff obtained in Australia by Gallagher Bassett Services
• consider engaging additional contracted staffing for a large scale event, such as land valuers and additional case managers.They knew they would have a big job, they just don't seem to have taken on board a lot of the recommendations - so I don't think the "They weren't designed for this" explanation really holds any water...
(apologies for length)
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The wizards of Ozterity...
The Nats got elected with a program of austerity...
Except I think the Nats think it's Aust here
(we will catch up, we think we can, we think we can...) but we may well end up as Aust territory... -
Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Isaac Freeman,
eros and sore losers...
The Creepy happens when people would rather have their unfinished mental model, and can't or won't adjust it to be more like you.
...the difference between
Unrequited Love
and Unrequired Lust -
OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Tomorrow’s chip wrappers…
Roughan is increasingly coming across as NZ’s de facto William Randolph Hearst.
…"Row spuds”. Weren’t those the last words of de facto Hearst, Charles Foster Kane?
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Richard Aston,
Coal is the new black...
thanks for the link to Simon Armitage’s poetry reading
the way PAS works means thanks really should go to Lilith who initially posted the Inky Fool link, that she found via Kebabette, that I went to and found Broken Biro taking me to the Armitage clip and lotsa other stuff besides...
...this place is a veritable esteem driven distraction engine -
OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia, in reply to Sacha,
cap it all gains...
“Spending cap should make us better off”
I can see us serfs,
having to head up
to th' big house
soon, cap in hand
to tell the masters
"there's trouble
up t' mill..." -
Capture: Don’t Point Me Out In A Crowd, in reply to JacksonP,
Tosh shots...
We could do a ‘One Love’ post...
Yah! Rasterise your Rastafarians, now...