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(Christchurch, New Zealand) To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property)..
And in the event their land is red-zoned, at least they know they will ultimately get a new house under their AMI insurance policy.
As a result of severe and recurrent liquefaction damage, and the infeasibility of timely and effective land repair, more than 7000 residential properties in Christchurch were red-zoned (designated as currently uneconomic to repair) and purchased by central government at a cost exceeding NZ$1.6 billion.
His house in the Loop was red-zoned.
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Red-zone means (Christchurch, New Zealand) To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property)..
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And in the event their land is red-zoned, at least they know they will ultimately get a new house under their AMI insurance policy.
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