Sage EugenieHon EUGENIE SAGE (Minister of Conservation): E Te Māngai o Te Whare tēnā koe. I'm very pleased to speak on behalf of the Green Party on the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Amendment Bill. Yes 10 years since that 4 September earthquake does seem to have gone very quickly and a lot has happened in that time.I'm very pleased with the initiative to repeal the section 71 powers in the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act early. I can well remember the discussions in this House and having the Hon Gerry Brownlee come to the Local Government and Environment Committee to consider whether there could be some more requirements on him as Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration to do some consultation around the regeneration planning process because the Greens had some concerns about the very Draconian powers in the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act. So I'm very pleased that section 71 which enables the Minister to override plans under the Resource Management Act to revoke resource consents is being repealed a year early. Those provisions when they've been used—such as for the night lights in Hagley Park for the Hagley Oval—have been controversial with citizens because they have cut across their powers to provide their views.I think what others have recognised is that this bill is an important signal that the central government powers exercised by the Minister the Hon Megan Woods are now returning very much to local councils Ngāi Tahu who are providing that local leadership. One of the important things about the principal Act and this one is that word or those words Greater Christchurch" because as the previous speaker Matt Doocey noted it is that conglomeration of councils—Christchurch City Selwyn Waimakariri—Environment Canterbury and mana whenua Ngāi Tahu that do really provide the sense of a bigger region of councils and Ngāi Tahu working together for the people of the region and Greater Christchurch. It's not just Christchurch City because of the connections with Waimakariri with Selwyn the growth that's happening in Rolleston so it's working together for a common aim building on the Greater Christchurch Urban Redevelopment Strategy and recognising the critical importance of transport connections between the city Waimakariri Rolleston whether it's by rail or by some of those longer bus links.So I acknowledge the work as the Hon Poto Williams did of Regenerate Christchurch; the board led by Thérèse Arseneau; Ivan Iafeta; and the very inclusive approach that Regenerate Christchurch took to public consultation to developing that vision for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. And I was really pleased with the change that the Governance and Administration Committee made by including a map in the bill of the whole of the river corridor area to make it very clear to folk what geographic area that encompassed.One of the other provisions in the bill which is important is the ability for Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to continue on with its work to stop roads to amalgamate titles—because there are about 5500 titles in what was the residential red zone—to enable further development if appropriate to happen in that area. LINZ expects that work to be completed by July next year but the bill does enable that to go on until 2023 all of that survey work.So it is a significant transition now back to councils back to Ngāi Tahu in providing that leadership; central government and the agencies it had in partnership with councils retreating those two agencies Development Christchurch and Regenerate Christchurch being wound up. I hope that we have as we approach the 10th anniversary no more quakes in the area and no more need for the provisions in this bill. Thank you."