8000 insurance claims for central NZ shakes
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Save More than 8000 insurance claims have been logged by central New Zealand residents since the July and August quakes.
Latest figures from the Earthquake Commission show about 5200 claims were received in relation to the two July quakes.
About 3000 more were logged following last month's tremors.
A breakdown of
the figures show about a third came from residents in Marlborough, Tasman and Nelson. The rest were from the Greater Wellington region.
Eighty per cent of claims were made for damage to buildings.
