Quake club survivor Jennifer Matthews applies to Newcastle disaster fund for help

Ian Kirkwood
January 27 2020 - 5:00am
DECADES OF STRUGGLE: Jennifer Matthews with her daughter Nicole Doley after the earthquake's 30th anniversary memorial service at Christchurch Cathedral last month, and in Royal Newcastle Hospital a week after the quake.
DECADES OF STRUGGLE: Jennifer Matthews with her daughter Nicole Doley after the earthquake's 30th anniversary memorial service at Christchurch Cathedral last month, and in Royal Newcastle Hospital a week after the quake.

CALLS are mounting for an investigation into the way the former Lord Mayor's Earthquake Appeal Fund has been run, with a woman whose life has been dominated by earthquake injuries saying the fund's administrators have done nothing to make to contact with her.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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