Bexley's earthquake struggles

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Wed, 15 Jun 2011 7:00p.m.

To be frank, their quality of life is rubbish

To be frank, their quality of life is rubbish

What do you want?

Sometimes it's the simplest questions that get the most telling answers.

Today, we asked exactly that question of people in the Christchurch suburb that's perhaps most likely to be bulldozed as a result of the earthquakes.

To be frank, their quality of life is rubbish.

Each of the earthquakes has flooded their homes with silt and mud, and even raw sewage.

Even smaller shocks do it now.

They've been using port-a-loos for months. They don't have water, and worse than that, they realise now they don't have a future - not in Bexley.

So they live in limbo, and where once spirit and optimism got them through, now they're barely getting through at all.

Today their local MP Lianne Dalziel called a street meeting, so we could ask the people of Bexley what they want.

Watch the video.

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22 Jun 2011 06:32p.m.

shane wrote:

As a worker constantly in the worse hit suburbs, I find it hard to watch the news without getting angry. If you don't feel safe, get out. Rent a home.stay with friends or family. There is more to this than houses and property. How about thinking about the children that are to scared to sleep in their own beds. The elderly that still use portaloos. yes money is a big factor but the state of our children is by far more important than money. People are upset because they don't have answers but they too can help give answers. Yes it could be your home but at the end of the day life and limb is more important than dollars and cents.

21 Jun 2011 09:53p.m.

Tracee wrote:

I am in Aranui, not far from bexley and I feel for you guys you were hit hard. Life in the hood is not easy we are the only house on our street that has munted drains, we have been told by housing nz not to use any water at all, that means no washing no showers, no doing dishes coz everytime we do we have sewage flowing into our front yard. We have rang them many times and have been told that it is the councils job to fix the drains. Well we all know how long that will take to fix. We also have no fire now and just a heater to heat a 2 story 3 bedroom place, which eats up the power. Since feb we have never seen 1 red cross, army, ccc or eqc member. We dont even have portaloo's down our street. We feel forgotten.

20 Jun 2011 04:39p.m.

colin lennox wrote:

My grandchild is still away from Hawera High School after 2 weeks as the School cant assure her safety if she returns , this is another School sitting on a time bomb , these Bullies ( thugs ) have continued to be the caatalis of Bullying for the past 2/3 years and still get away with it , Hawera High have no policy on Zero Tollarance , as for the Morrinsvill Head , he should be removed , he has stated that the kids that did the Bullying are more important than the victim ,,

17 Jun 2011 11:57p.m.

Frank wrote:

Am I in New Zealand? This is something I thought I would see in the Third World. This is terrible, this is embarrassing!. Come on National just give these people the answers enough BS! Heads should roll for this BS.

17 Jun 2011 09:45p.m.

Hector wrote:

I been watching campbell live for years now, but this past few month you have really stood up for us the people of canterbury,why is it that john keys can make the effort to visit ch ch but eqc boss has to be presured to apear in an interview, why in the hell is that guy doing that job !!! he goes home at night to a nice warm house with clean water power ect so why would he be worried hes probley earning 100.000 plus a year for a job he can no do,

17 Jun 2011 09:36a.m.

Paul P wrote:

I think alot of people are so quick to play the blame game. You need to understand that the likes of John Key, Bob Parker and Brownlee are banging thier heads against the wall that other people have made. Give them a break, they are making progress just a few suburbs that still havent been delt with. Remember that Christchurch is more than these few suburbs and that WE the Christchurch people are helping these struggling people as well. Keep your head up to those of you in Bexley and surrounding suburbs.

16 Jun 2011 07:50p.m.

Allan wrote:

Well I saw his mouth moving but he said nothing. It is interesting that all the people here know what ares will not be built on. We got damage in Sept, in Feb and now in June. Do they think it is getting better? The engineers have proven their incompetence many times over the past 9 months and it is high time the Governmant let us go....

16 Jun 2011 04:14p.m.

John wrote:

If you voted for John Key you should be kicking yourself in the face around about now...60% of the country are still voting JK next election by the looks of the polls...Time to move to another country for more reasons that just earthquakes?

16 Jun 2011 02:52p.m.

missy wrote:

Burwood is just as bad. I want out now. No toliets for six months, we have water but we can't use it because our drains don't work. Tried to get a drainlayer to help us they told us they can't come out to us till we get sewage. We are never going to get sewage. We called every bloody one in the phone book. Really, really depressed, just want to walk away from our house. Stupid red cross lady just knocked on our door to ask if she can help. Why offer if all you can do is ask stupid questions. I don't need a councilor I need out of here.

16 Jun 2011 12:20p.m.

Ngahuia Donaldson wrote:

Firstly thank you Campbell for allowing the people of Bexley to have a voice, the street you were standing on was home to me for 3 years and the happiest I had ever been, however after Feb 22 I escaped with my family to Australia as my home was green stickered but certainly not livable for adults let alone Children, even here we are struggling to start again when we had to cut all losses just to survive, my heart goes out to all the residents in Bexley I wish I could come home.