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... that despite having once been assessed as not earthquake-prone, Statistics House partially collapsed in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake?

Source: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/341233/statistics-house-in-wellington-to-be-demolished "Dunning Thornton engineer Alistair Cattanach, the building's structural designer, assessed it in 2013 and 2016 as more than 90 percent of the new building standard under the current Building Code." (less than 34% is considered earthquake prone https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2021/02/earthquake-prone-buildings-part-2)

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―Panamitsu (talk) 22:27, 26 March 2025 (UTC).