EQC pays motel bill for pensioner with bungled repair
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Elderly Christchurch homeowner Ivy Solomon has been saved the ordeal of sleeping in her car after the Earthquake Commission (EQC) paid her temporary accommodation bill. Solomon has been in a motel for three weeks, with her small dog Casey, while previous botched earthquake repairs to her Linwood unit are being fixed. On Thursday, Solomon, 76, faced having to leave the motel because EQC had not paid...