Canterbury Mornings

Former residential red zone owners are getting payment from the Government for their uninsured homes.Minister Megan Woods has announced 103 property owners will get 100 percent of the 2007/08 rateable value for their homes - at a cost of about 12 million dollars.The issue was taken to the Court of Appeal by the Quake Outcasts.Megan Woods told Richard Green this isn't an insurance issue - its about the fact a zoning decision was made by a government and they shouldn't have been differentiated on whether or not they are insured or uninsured.