What did you promise yourself after the last earthquake?
If you felt the recent earthquake you might also have felt the sudden urge to make your place quake safe. There's a lot we can do to make our homes safer and stronger for earthquakes and the best time to start is now, so let's get cracking.
Toka Tū Ake EQC has adopted a new name to better represent the role our scheme plays in supporting New Zealanders.
Our new name reflects the whakapapa of our nation. Our land is constantly changing from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslips and floods. Communities have lived alongside those perils for hundreds of years, and Māori have always believed the relationship and connection of people to land and nature is inseparable.
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EQCover building cap and premium changes
We've partnered with private insurers to simplify the claims process for our customers.
About EQCover
You automatically have EQCover for your home and land if you have a current home insurance policy that includes fire insurance (and most do).
Projects on the go
See our full list of research and highlights of research under way
Make your home safer for you
Find out what you can do to make your home safer for you, your family or flatmates.
A new law change comes into effect on 1 October 2022 that will see insured homeowners covered for $300,000 of EQCover if their home is damaged by a natural hazard.
Students, along with their teachers, can now digitally explore Rēkohu Wharekauri/Chatham Islands and learn about the impact of past tsunami as part of the latest Toka Tū Ake EQC online field trip through LEARNZ.
Research has helped better define the chance of a significant earthquake along part of the Rauoterangi Fault. The Manawatū District Council sought funding from the Toka Tū Ake EQC last year to contract GNS Science for further surveying of the district’s fault lines last year after several were reclassified as active – one being the Rauoterangi Fault, which passes through Feilding.
Wellington High School students claimed the top prize in the annual CRISiSLab Challenge yesterday, with their own unique earthquake alert system which could launch their careers in disaster management.