EQC defends Christchurch repairs as Labour candidate calls for royal commission

EQC defends Christchurch repairs as Labour candidate calls for royal commission
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot Nov. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Earthquake Commission chairman Maarten Wevers has defended building repairs in Christchurch following the 2010 and 2011 quakes in response to a petition for a royal commission of inquiry into defective work. With aftershocks continuing across the country following Monday morning's 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura, Duncan Webb, a partner at Christchurch law firm Lane Neave and the Christchurch Central candidate for the Labour Party, gave a presentation to the finance and expenditure select comm...