The Earthquake Commission (EQC) says there is no freeze on maximum payments to green-blue zone homeowners despite some Christchurch residents claiming otherwise.
Residents living in areas classed by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) as technical category 3 (TC3), or green-blue, are considered to be on the most badly quake-damaged land able to be economically repaired
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