We looked through the archives and found two landslip/land damage insurance related articles to jog the memory of the experienced and provide a history lesson for the not so experienced. The articles are topical with land damage from the recent major flood events, and replacement of the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 with the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023. Can you track the transition from the original Earthquake and War Damage Act 1944 to the NHI Act 2023? Earthquake and War Damage Commission to the Natural Hazards Commission?
This article appeared in NZ Geomechanics News, Issue No 6, June 1973
This article appeared in NZ Geomechanics News, Issue No 29, December 1984
