Hon Christopher Finlayson
Attorney-General
Government receives final part of Canterbury earthquakes report from Royal Commission
The government has received the third and final part (comprising volumes 5 to 7) of the report of the Royal Commission
of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by Canterbury Earthquakes, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced
today.
Ministers will now consider the third part of the report.
An announcement about the public release of the report and the government’s response will be made in due course.
The Chair of the Royal Commission, Hon Justice Cooper, presented the final part (volumes 5 to 7) of the Royal
Commission’s report to the Governor-General in Wellington this morning. The Secretary of Internal Affairs received the
report from the Governor-General, and has transmitted it to the office of the Attorney-General, who is the minister
responsible for the Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Volumes 5 to 7 of the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s report covers the investigation into the collapse of the CTV
building. They also deal with the roles and responsibilities in the building sector including the assessment of
buildings after earthquakes; the training of civil engineers and the organisation and regulation of the engineering
profession; the building consent process, and local government management of earthquake risk.
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