Justme # 33 - fully concur that the media are to blame for some of the misrepresentation. Still, it might help the residents if they renamed their facebook page from Parklands Red Zone Action Group to East Parklands Red Zone Action Group.

I say this as a resident of an area that is mostly green, yet where the land damage varies widely for several reasons. There is absolutely no question that green is the right decision for most (no liquefaction, cracks, bumps etc). However, for others, they have been hit hard repeatedly. They should be red. Considering the area as a whole was always going to hurt some who of course want the area red.

Yet it's clear they will not be well-received unless they are very specific about *which* streets they want red. So much of the area is okay that they will lose all credibility otherwise. And I think this is where this Action Group will have difficulties as long as there are media headlines like this one.

Good luck them - I hope that those who need to be red get what they want but that others are left well alone.

It might pay a number of you commenting to not trust every little thing you read in the media - the group has rightly named itself "EASTERN parklands action group". Before you jump down the groups throat maybe consider that the media has not expressed the group entirely accurately!!

Joan29, that is exactly what the action group need to stop doing too! Leave it up to the people who know what they are doing to make the decision!

Although one can understand the desire for the lobby group to suggest that "Few want to stay in Parklands" considering the whole suburb as one doesn't help anyone. Those in less affected areas of Parklands than Parklands East don't need the tarnish that comes with media representations of their land as screwed.

And those in the badly-hit areas of Parklands East will be dismissed as moaning over nothing when people visit other areas of Parklands, see it is relatively fine, and wonder what all of the fuss over Parklands is about. Can't help your purpose much.

Our Parklands home was damaged beyond repair by a huge liquefaction well located under floor. The house is a confirmed rebuild. Off record EQC & CERA have said our land is also beyond economic repair. However like others we are in limbo. It would be stupid for us to rebuild again on this section & we quite simply never will. A rebuild is also impossible for us because our bank's policy is to only provide new mortgages on TC1 land with a geo report . Thus because we are unable to fully self-fund a TC3 rebuild our land becomes useless. This leaves us with only 2 options. 1/ We rent our wrecked home & become very unpopular slum landlords, using the combined income and house settlement to build on good land. (we could do this immediatly) 2/ We collect our EQC insurance due. Our lawyer said the legal argument is "Our land is not suitable for its previous pre-earthquake purpose". Rezoning red will just speed up the justice process for us and a lot of others in Parklands in similar situations. Quick action by goverment will reduce the conversion of wrecked homes to slum dwellings. This is not a nice prospect for those that remain.

dear '28',there are so many armchair experts out there telling everyone to stop moaning about their situations,so unless you have qualifications of any sort, perhaps you should leave it to people with expertise in these matters to decide what is, and isnt needing to be red zoned,

To annette #26. So it was only your roads and streets? did it go into your home or come up through your backyard like the red zone? No? I have only seen 5 maybe six properties in parklands that deserve red zoning. All others should accept that tough decisions have been made and they were right. The properties with red zone status were as brownlee said blatantly obvious and well deserved said title. The taxpayer is not here to bail you out when the going gets tough.

Vanessa and her group of wingers need to be more realistic. If they want to go red, thats fine, but change the group name to reflect the members and only the members. There are heaps of houses and families in Parklands that are happy to stay and able to do it, every time this self centred action group gets media coverage it devalues everyone else's houses. Its selfish, biased and frankly I'm surprised The Press is publishing such rubbish.

Well put rick, Vanessa has located the area which clearly doesn't include all of parklands, and I don't think that she is overstating the situation,or fudging figures, as anyone with more than one eye, and who experienced the lake like liquifaction in those streets will attest to,myself being one of many.

I am in one of the hard hit streets, and received a survey from another group. Didn't receive a Cera letter but they told me I was in the area being looked at. It is not all of Parklands, only an area where people are questioning viablity of the land and prolonged rebuild. If 90% of a particular street want to go red and most of that street is a rebuild then set them free. Especially if that street will keep on erupting with every big quake. I am staying in CHCH and actively in involved in helping the rebuild, and will put energy into that, not years of saving a street or house where it is just not viable. If I go Red, I will shout out like William Wallace..."FREEDOM"!