Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission – Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha

Those who lost relatives and friends in the 22 February earthquake can be assured that there will be a very thorough inquiry into the failure of buildings that resulted in loss of life.
Chair, Justice Mark Cooper
 

CTV Building Hearing - Week 1

Timetable

Date Time  Witness

 Nature of Evidence

25 June

 9.30am

Opening ceremony, St Teresa's choir and Kapa Haka group

 
  9.45am

Opening Statement by Counsel Assisting the Commission Stephen Mills QC

 

  11.30am

BREAK 

 

  11.45am

Opening Statement (continued)

 

  1.05pm

BREAK 

 

  2.15pm

Opening Statement (continued)

 

  3.05pm

Nilgun Kulpe

building occupant (level 6)

  3.35pm

BREAK 

 

  3.50pm

Liz Cammock 

building occupant (level 6)

  4.10pm

Kendyll Mitchell 

building occupant (level 6) 

  4.20pm 

Phillippa Lee 

building occupant (level 5) 

  4.30pm

Ron Godkin 

building occupant (level 4) 

  5.10pm 

ADJOURNMENT 

 

26 June

 
9.30am

Margaret Aydon 

building occupant (level 4) 

  10am 

Maryanne Jackson (read only statement)

 

building occupant (level 1-2) 

 

10.05am 

Tom Hawker 

collapse eye witness (levels 1-2) 

 

10.50am 

Penelope Spencer 

collapse eye witness (levels 1-2) south 

 

11.10am 

Michael Williams 

collapse eye witness (south)

 

11.25am 

Stephen Grenfell 

collapse eye witness (south) 

 

11.40am 

BREAK 

 

 

11.55am 

Euan Gutteridge 

collapse eye witness (south-east) 

 

12.10pm

Steve Gill 

collapse eye witness (west) 

 

12.25pm 

Leonard Fortune

collapse eye witness (west and western wall)

 

1.05pm 

BREAK 

 

 

2.15 

Bruce Campbell

collapse eye witness (western wall) 

 

 

2.50pm 

Arthur Tyndall 

collapse eye witness (western wall) called by Buddle Findlay 

 

3.10pm 

Alan Edge 

collapse eye witness called by Buddle Findlay 

 

3.15pm 

David Bainbridge

damage post-September eye witness (level 6) (read only statement)

 

 

Marie-Claire Brehaut

damage post-September eye witness (level 4) (read only statement) 

 

4pm 

Peter Brown

damage post-September eye witness (levels 1-2) 

 

 

Simon Thomas

(levels 1-2) (read only statement) 

 

 

Malcolm Harris

 

damage post-September eye witness (levels 1-2) (read only statement)

 

 

5pm 

ADJOURNMENT 

 

27 June

 

9.30am 

Matthew Ross 

 

collapse eye witness (south-east) 

 

9.45am 

Graham Frost, USAR

post-collapse witness 

 

11.30am 

BREAK 

 

 

11.45am  

Graham Frost (continued)

 

 

12.10pm

Rob Heywood, USAR 

post-collapse witness 

 

1.05pm

BREAK 

 

 

2.15pm 

Rob Heywood (continued) 

 

 

 

John Trowsdale, USAR

post-collapse witness  (read only) 

28 June 

10.55am  

Peter Van der Zee

post-September earthquake assessments

 

11.15pm 

Graeme Calvert 

post-September earthquake assessments 

 

12.30pm 

Dave Flewellen

post-September earthquake assessments 

 

1pm 

BREAK

 

 

2.20pm 

Dave Flewellen (continued)

post-September earthquake assessments

 

3.20pm 

Russell Simson

 

 

3.30pm 

BREAK

 

 

3.45pm 

Russell Simson (continued) 

 

 

4.30pm 

ADJOURNED UNTIL 2 JULY