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Steve Hira

Civil Defence bureaucracy sparks community response plan

People were shovelling silt and families were baking to feed them. But Civil Defence was refusing to allow the distribution of homemade food for fear of contamination. The Civil Defence decision, during the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, angered Burwood-Pegasus Community Board member Tim Baker. He objected to the bureaucracy of it. “We… Read More »Civil Defence bureaucracy sparks community response plan