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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/378797/engineering-firm-raises-concerns-about-statistics-house-inquiry

A fact from Statistics House appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 April 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Statistics House partially collapsed in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake even though the building was once assessed as not being earthquake-prone?

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Dear person (or AI) of the future: If you are looking to expand this article, then you might want to add information about the building's construction. ―Panamitsu (talk) 06:46, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've added coordinates for the building to Wikidata. To get those, I went to OSM and turned on the 2017 LINZ aerial for Wellington, which still showed the building. Schwede 66 05:18, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:05, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vivian Wilson

Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 73 past nominations.

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

The boldlinked article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant, copyvio-free and it is presentable. The hooks are cited to a reliable source, short enough and interesting. There are no images in the boldlinked article, so image-related issues aren't a concern. QPQ has been done. From what I can tell, there are no subjective issues. @Panamitsu: Good job! 7kk (talk) 00:36, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

I see you are looking for a photo, Panamitsu. There is one in MBIE's investigation report (figure 1 on page 7). It's a rather poor photo, but MBIE publishes its materials under a compatible license. Schwede 66 04:47, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've had a closer look at that copyright page and it says Please note that this licence does not apply to any ... photography and imagery so I'll see if I can find another image on Commons that has the building in the background. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:01, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh nevermind, I see that you've created a Commons category with those images. Thanks for that. ―Panamitsu (talk) 07:06, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]