News

New Chief Executive to be appointed

27 June 2017

We can confirm today that Chief Executive Peter Jensen will be stepping down in late September to take up the position of Chief Executive of Addington Raceway. Recruitment for his replacement will start immediately.

Southern Response appeals class action decision

30 January 2017

Southern Response has today filed an appeal of the recent decision by the High Court to allow a proposed class action to proceed.

Consent refunds

13 January 2017

You may have heard some comments in the media recently about refunds due when a building consent lapses.

Class action announcement, December 2016

16 December 2016

You may see some media coverage over the next few days regarding the class action and the High Court decision released today.

New video - Lyttelton

7 October 2016

This video documents the settlement process so far for some of our Lyttelton-based customers, as the community recovers from the earthquakes.

Announcement - Construction Programme

6 October 2016

Today we are announcing that we are setting a deadline of 30 June 2017 to enter our building programme, with signed build contracts, if you would like our team to manage your repair or rebuild for you.

Silver Award for The Southern Response Archaeological Risk Management project

9 September 2016

Christchurch innovation has come out on top as rebuild projects took home half the awards at a prestigious national engineering competition.

Reassurance around the limitation period

18 August 2016

We have recently been receiving some questions regarding the Limitation Act and what this means for homeowners.

Southern Response appoints new Chief Executive

3 May 2016

Southern Response, the government-owned company settling Canterbury earthquake insurance claims, has confirmed today that it has appointed Peter Jensen as Chief Executive for the final stages of its claim settlement programme.

Reassuring customers concerning the limitation period

30 March 2016

Southern Response announced today that it will not rely on a limitation defence for claims arising out of the Canterbury earthquakes for any proceedings filed in Court before 4 September 2018 – that is, eight years after the first Canterbury earthquake.

Representative (class) action update

24 February 2016

There has been coverage today that a decision has now been made not to allow the proposed class action to proceed as the group had intended.

Southern Response seeking new Chief Executive for final stage

26 January 2016

We can confirm today that Chief Executive Peter Rose will be stepping down in the mid-year, as previously indicated at the October 2015 Annual Meeting.