Z Downplays Discount Scam 100 Millimetres Below the Drop of the Kellys’ House,’’ Scott Said

Z Downplays Discount Scam 100 Millimetres Below the Drop of the Kellys’ House,’’ Scott Said

THE PRESS, Christchurch Friday, October 3, 2014 NEWS A3 New wharf under way NEWS BRIEFS Surveyor Night moves ❯❯❯❯ State Highway 6 through Haast Pass is expected to be open again at nights in a month’s time, 14 months after it was closed by a slip. A storm on September 10 2013 brought more than 40,000 cubic metres of rock defends and debris onto the highway at Diana Falls. Canadian tourists Connor Hayes, 25, and Joanna Lam, 24, died when their rented campervan was swept away by a second slip about 800m away. The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) stance anticipated the road would be reopened at night from November 5, although remaining work would likely restrict two-lane access for a while longer. Since last September the road has been closed every night and has closed on at least four occasions on EQC this year because of severe weather. Martin van Beynen [email protected] KEY POINTS End of the rope ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● ❯❯❯❯ Another company from Dunedin’s An expert supporting a couple’s ❯❯❯❯ EQC was attacked over manufacturing heart is cutting High Court claim against the potentially far-reaching almost half of its staff, blaming a Earthquake Commission (EQC) inadequacies in assessing weak economy. Rope manufacturer and Southern Response has par- properties. Donaghy’s Industries in Dunedin ried attacks on his impartiality. ❯❯❯❯ EQC made only cosmetic South will cut up to 30 staff, its Suzanne and Cameron Kelly repairs to a house close to the management telling the Otago Daily are suing EQC and Southern Kelly house which had a 60mm Times it has struggled in export Response for $590,000 – the amount variation in its floor slab. markets because of the high New they say it would cost to replace ❯❯❯❯ An expert found major floor Zealand dollar. their Burwood home, which they movements due to the claim is uneconomic to repair earthquakes in neighbouring Beast stays in because of foundation damage. properties. EQC and Southern Response ❯❯❯❯ Lawyers accused the expert ❯❯❯❯ Stewart Murray Wilson, the man say the damage predated the of stepping outside his expertise known as the Beast of Blenheim, will earthquakes. and being biased. stay in jail until at least December 12. In his evidence yesterday, regis- He appeared before the Parole Board tered professional surveyor at Whanganui Prison this morning. Adrian Cowie attacked EQC’s floor levels but said he approached The board adjourned the hearing to methods of assessing earthquake this case with an ‘‘open mind’’. December 12 while awaiting the damage, saying his investigations ‘‘I took my own floor levels and outcome of a defended hearing, into the Kelly case revealed made an impartial judgment.’’ scheduled for mid-November. another nearby house, already Cowie did not agree weather- Construction of Lyttelton’s new concrete poured yesterday – the required for the first stage, the wharf would significantly The board has also requested an repaired, with a seriously uneven boards on the northeastern wall of wharf has begun with a day- largest since the early 1990s. which is due to be completed by increase both terminal and updated treatment report and floor slab. the Kelly house, which remained long concrete pour involving 75 Piles will be driven about 60 mid-December, with 255 piles berth capacities. release plan. Wilson was jailed in He said he could not under- level after the earthquake, would trucks. metres into the harbour bed at a required in all. The 230m-long Cashin Quay 2 1996 for 21 years for serious stand how houses or flats on each be significantly distorted if there Cashin Quay 2 at the container pace of one every 36 hours. Lyttelton Port of Christchurch wharf is expected to be finished offending against women and side of the Kellys’ house had sus- had been a 40mm drop in the floor wharf had 375 cubic metres of Seventy-one piles will be chief executive Peter Davie said by the end of 2015. children. He was released in tained serious foundation damage, as claimed. September 2012 to a house on the while EQC and Southern Response When asked why the deck of the grounds of Whanganui Prison before experts said the out-of-level floors house was level when the house he breached his conditions and was in the Kelly house were pre- was not, Cowie said damage did recalled to prison. existing. not comply with logical rules. His survey results, he said, ‘‘That’s why there’s damage at Sheer-an bliss showed the house had fallen neighbouring properties and not at Z downplays discount scam 100 millimetres below the drop of the Kellys’ house,’’ Scott said. ❯❯❯❯ Fans of musician Ed Sheeran have the kerb just outside the house. Cowie said he would find it dif- Hamish McNicol a short time. But it appears some However, Z Energy had an aver- ‘‘There’s actually nothing to be bought tickets to his New Zealand ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● In cross examination by EQC ficult to accept that. people have been sharing them, age of 5 million transactions a gained from trying this out.’’ shows en masse. The ginger lawyer Bruce Scott, Cowie agreed He told the court he had Motorists have been taking advan- allowing others to claim the dis- month, and the cost to the business The scam comes at a time when crooner’s shows in Auckland, he was not a geotechnical engineer investigated sites next to the tage of a glitch at Z Energy’s ‘‘pay counts. of the discount scam had been neg- a slump in the New Zealand dollar Christchurch and Wellington next and had no experience working as Kellys’ house and found both had at pump’’ service stations, saving One comment posted on ligible. ‘‘I’m not sure exactly how pushes up fuel prices, and could year sold out just minutes after going a structural engineer but said it undergone severe slumping. themselves 40 cents a litre off their Facebook last week thanked a small the number is, but it’s a min- soon see motorists paying more on sale at noon yesterday, prompting did not take an engineer to ascer- Cowie said he had surveyed a petrol bills. group that shared the code for let- uscule amount in the context of than $2.30 a litre for 91-octane pet- the immediate announcement of a tain earthquake damage to the flat built in 2006 on land that was Multiple Facebook pages and ting her have ‘‘such a cheap trip’’ our business,’’ Hill said. rol. second Auckland show. It means fans house. once part of the Kellys’ section. websites have posted a 13-digit between Christchurch and The discount codes worked only Fuel prices rose 4c a litre last from outside Auckland may have to ‘‘I can make comments within Its owner had told him EQC had code that can be keyed into Z Invercargill. for a short time, so it was more of month, to 221.9c for 91-octane and ponder a trip north. my area of expertise . and I am already repaired the house and Energy’s pay at pump outlets mul- Another said she had saved $24 an inconvenience than a major 151.9c for diesel. experienced in making assess- that she had been told only cos- tiple times. Plenty of people have on her fuel bill, and another saved problem, he said. The glitch was An industry rule of thumb is Evidence suppressed ments of earthquake damaged metic damage had occurred. Part boasted online about using the $40 filling his wagon with diesel being fixed, though he could not that a 1 cent drop in the dollar buildings,’’ he said. of its brick veneer had been code successfully, filling up cars, and boat with petrol. say how long it might take. equals a 1 cent increase in the ❯❯❯❯ Evidence at an inquest into the After referring Cowie to replaced. utes and boats along the way. Z Energy has ‘‘pay at pump’’ The latest Z Energy discount price of fuel. death of a Southland toddler who statements in the media, Scott He found the concrete slab foun- But the company says it is fraud facilities at more than 100 of its code expires on Monday. In the If the dollar were to fall to what drowned in a farm rubbish hole has suggested Cowie was acting as an dation had a 60mm difference and has only occurred a few times, stations. meantime, forecourt monitors had Prime Minister John Key regards been suppressed until further notice. advocate. between its highest and lowest at a minimal cost to the business. Spokesman Jonathan Hill said been told to keep an eye out. as its ‘‘Goldilocks’’ fair value, of Evidence was given into the death of The surveyor agreed he points and the highest observed The codes are printed on legit- it was aware of a few instances of ‘‘These discount offers exist to US65c, 91-octane could increase to 23-month-old Charlie Aaron Unwin believed a systemic problem floor level was now 380mm lower imate discount vouchers for loyal people using the codes, but that it give people additional value, basi- about $2.34 a litre, smashing the on a farm at Mandeville on June 12 existed with the way EQC assessed than when it was constructed. customers, and are active for only was fraud. cally for your shopping loyalty. current record of $2.27. last year. However, it was suppressed by Otago-Southland coroner David Crerar until further notice. He cited an administrative error as the reason. Local quakes once every 7000 years cause big rockfalls Teen stable ❯❯❯❯ A Waikato teenager who suffered Sarah-Jane O’Connor KEY POINTS unknown, Quigley said there was large-scale rockfall.

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