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.
New research hopes to save lives by predicting landslide dams
The international reinsurance world continues to show strong support and confidence in New Zealand’s national hazard insurance scheme in a challenging reinsurance market, says Toka Tū Ake EQC chief executive Tina Mitchell.
Toka Tū Ake EQC calls for University Research Programme proposals
University of Otago researchers, funded by Toka Tū Ake EQC, has started installing seismometers across 19 Southland sites, with the aim of capturing much smaller earthquakes than the existing Geonet network to get a better understanding of seismic activity and hazard in the region.