The insurance industry's new information sharing partnership was put to the test just days after it was signed, with the recent floods in Nelson Tasman.
The deal - called the Natural Hazards Resilience Partnership - was announced by NEMA, the Natural Hazards Commission (formerly known as EQC) and the Insurance Council, which represents insurance companies.
It sought to improve the practicalities - particularly in the early stages of a large-scale event - of making sure the right information was being shared with the right people in order to make the recovery and insurance process as streamlined and as quick as possible.
Just days after the agreement was publicised, flooding events in Marlborough and Nelson/Tasman put that partnership to the test. The Insurance Council's chief executive is Kris Faafoi.
Daniel Newport surveys the damage to his farm on the banks of the Motupiko River. Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii
