Wagner NickyHon NICKY WAGNER (Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration): As the new Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration I would like to take this opportunity to give the Committee a bit of a progress update on what has been happening in Christchurch and Canterbury. Some of the key topics of the annual review of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet were around the regeneration of Christchurch and how it was progressing and also about some of the lessons that we learnt in that process.I will start by looking at the legislation. As the chief executive Andrew Kibblewhite noted we are already using what we learnt in creating the Canterbury legislation. We are using that in response to new disasters. In particular we were able to draw on its strengths for the two bills that we created to assist Kaikōura in their post-earthquake stages. We have managed the Kaikōura situation better because of what we learnt in Christchurch and Canterbury and we do need to ensure and I think everyone agrees that we learn those lessons and we make sure that we can manage natural disasters in a better way in the future.Actually I was speaking to some of the leaders of Ngāi Tahu this morning and they were saying that because of their experience in Christchurch they were able to have a much better local response in Kaikōura. But they also said that there is more work to be done particularly in futureproofing their marae on the West Coast as we learn more about the Alpine Fault. We also learnt that active outreach and good communication is absolutely essential in supporting people following a natural disaster. What we have learnt is that people must know what is going on in their communities they must know what services are available and they must know how to access them. What we also learnt in Canterbury is that we need to be able to communicate in multiple ways and often in multiple times. Communication has to be ongoing.There were also learnings from Christchurch that we can apply in the insurance sector. The annual review notes that we need to ensure that our insurance organisations are more people-friendly and customer-focused. Certainly the new collaborative model which the Earthquake Commission and the insurance companies are working with in Kaikōura is improving their customer service is streamlining the process and will make the outcomes of claims much faster.I would also just like to take a moment to comment on the Ōtākaro Ltd annual review. Ōtākaro Ltd is the organisation that is responsible for the Crown land holdings and the Crown anchor projects in Christchurch and it is using that work to support the regeneration of the city and the handover of the assets to local control and governance in the long term. One of the issues that we talked about was East Frame. East Frame is a fantastic Christchurch City anchor project. It is about creating a vibrant people-friendly community in the centre of our city. It will be building 900 homes and we expect over 2000 people to live in that area. The whole project will be staged over an 8- to 10-year period. It has already begun they have started work on the first super-lot and those 20 homes will be completed by mid-2018 which is actually a little bit ahead of schedule in terms of the contract. Then the next stage of 200 homes on top of that will be completed by mid-2019. That will give the whole city centre a real shot in the arm.I think it is important we give Ōtākaro Ltd credit for getting the planning of this big project right but also I would like to acknowledge Fletcher Living which has committed to making all these homes accessible which will mean lots of people will be able to use them in the future regardless of their age or stage of life. We will also be staggering the construction of these homes so that it fits in with demand. As the new Minister I have been able to eyeball both Ōtākaro Ltd and Fletcher Living and both the CEOs have given me an absolute assurance that it will be finished on time and on budget so I am looking forward to that.Ōtākaro Ltd has also been working with the city council and it will be working towards creating the assets that we can hand over in the long term. This is about a process of regeneration a process of the Crown handing over to local governance and it is good for Christchurch. Kia ora.