Would you be prepared to pay a special earthquake levy?

Colombo Street in Christchurch after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Photo / Simon Baker

Opinion

The Treasury's early estimate of the damage of last week's earthquake is $10 billion to $15 billion.

That comes on top of the $5 billion cost of last September's quake, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday.

"I think we have got around $15 billion provisioned. That doesn't mean there won't be an impact on the Crown accounts. There absolutely will and you will see that in the May Budget," he said.

Would you be prepared to pay a special earthquake levy? Here is the latest selection of your views.