The Earthquake Commission
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EQC is New Zealand’s main provider of natural disaster insurance to home owners.
As New Zealand is a very geologically active country it is constantly at risk of
natural disasters. Everyone can plan and prepare for natural disasters to ensure
damage to property is minimised.
EQC is the main provider of natural disaster insurance to home owners in New
Zealand. New Zealand is very geologically active so is at risk of natural disasters.
Everyone can prepare for natural disasters to reduce damage.
Earthquakes happen every day in New Zealand. Most are too small to be noticed,
but between 150 and 200 are big enough to be felt each year. The Canterbury
earthquakes and 2013 Cook Strait earthquakes have proved that there is the
potential for large earthquakes at any time.
Parts of New Zealand are also at risk from active volcanoes, landslides and tsunami.
All New Zealanders need to be prepared for natural disasters so loss can be
reduced.
EQC Insurance
EQC provides insurance to cover for loss or damage from the following natural
disasters;
earthquake
natural landslip
volcanic eruption
hydrothermal activity
tsunami
EQC not only provides insurance. Research and public education are also core
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functions of EQC.
As part of their research programme EQC funds and supports a range of initiatives
including Geonet which monitors seismic activity nationwide and conducts research
about natural disasters. EQC also conducts a lot of research into natural disaster
damage and methods of preventing and reducing it.
EQC’s public education programme informs people living in New Zealand how to
prevent and reduce damage caused by natural disasters; you may have seen the
television advertisements about reducing earthquake damage. This includes
explaining how to make homes 'quake safe' and how to reduce the potential for
damage from events such as volcanic eruptions and landslides.
Earthquakes happen every day in New Zealand. Most are too small to feel, but
between 150 and 200 are big enough to be felt each year.
The Canterbury earthquakes and 2013 Cook Strait earthquakes have shown that
large earthquakes can happen at any time.
Parts of New Zealand are also at risk from active volcanoes, landslides and tsunami.
All New Zealanders need to be ready for natural disasters so the loss will be less.
EQC Insurance
EQC provides insurance to cover for loss or damage from the following natural
disasters;
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The Earthquake Commission
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earthquake
natural landslip
volcanic eruption
hydrothermal activity
tsunami
EQC not only provides insurance. EQC also works on research and teaches people
how to prepare for natural disasters.
EQC funds and supports Geonet which monitors earthquake activity all over the
country. EQC studies natural disasters to learn from them. EQC also looks at ways of
reducing the impacts of natural disasters and stopping disasters such as landslides.
EQC’s public teaching programme tells people living in New Zealand how to stop
and reduce damage caused by natural disasters; you may have seen the television
advertisements about reducing earthquake damage. This includes explaining how
to make homes 'quake safe' and how to reduce the chance of damage from events
such as volcanic eruptions and landslides.
Māori keywords:
Kōmihana
Rūwhenua
rīanga
tāoro
hanga
hangatanga
whakahou
mātauranga
The Earthquake
Commission EQC
insurance
demolish
build
construction,
building
rebuild
education
Audio Maori keywords:
Kōmihana Rūwhenua - The Earthquake Commission [3]
rīanga - insurance [4]
tāora - demolish [5]
hanga - build [6]
hangatanga - construction, building [7]
whakahou - rebuild [8]
mātauranga - education [9]
Visit the [10]EQC website [10] to find out more about how to prepare for and
reduce loss from natural disasters.
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Visit the [10]EQC website [10] to find out more about how to prepare for and
reduce loss from natural disasters.
[11]
EQC works on research programmes and education to reduce loss during
natural disasters. Can you explain in your own words what the main
message of this advertisement is? Image: EQC.
[12]
EQC is the main provider of natural disaster insurance to home owners. How
do you think this house was damaged? Image: David Whethey
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[13]
The Canterbury earthquakes caused widespread damage in Christchurch
and led to the largest insurance payouts in New Zealand. Image: David
Whethey.
[14]
Some old brick houses suffered from severe damage from the Canterbury
earthquakes. How can damage caused by earthquakes be reduced? Image:
LEARNZ.
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[2] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/bg-easy-eqc_0.mp3?uuid=5946
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[3] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/komihana-ruwhenua_0.mp3?uui
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[4] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/rianga_0.mp3?uuid=594693755
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[6] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/hanga_11.mp3?uuid=59469375
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[9] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/matauranga_1.mp3?uuid=5946
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[10] http://www.eqc.govt.nz/
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[12] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/b-gh163-02-eqc.jpg
[13] http://www.learnz.org.nz/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/b-gh163-03-eqc.jpg
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