12. Greater Christchurch Regeneration—Expectations and IntentHon NICKY WAGNER (National) to the Minister for Greater Christchurch RegenerationGreater Christchurch Regeneration—Expectations and Intent12. Hon NICKY WAGNER (National) to the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration: Does she stand by all her statements and actions?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā. Yes.Hon Nicky Wagner: Why has she not provided new letters of expectations to Ōtākaro and Southern Response after 10 months in office when according to the Statutory Crown Entities: A Guide for Ministers this is the first step in setting strategic direction and the annual performance of Crown entities?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Given that we have changed expectations from the previous Government for both entities—i.e. finally delivering anchor projects on time and on budget and a speedier claim settlement—we took a pragmatic view that there was nothing to be gained by both agencies producing two statements. On 30 April I wrote to both these agencies around the letter of intent. We are taking a pragmatic view in light of the exceptional circumstances and I've received advice from Treasury that this is an acceptable course of action.Hon Nicky Wagner: How does this fit with her commitment to seeing more momentum in the Christchurch rebuild and her statement that We can't keep on doing the same thing and magically expect a different outcome" when Ōtākaro and Southern Response are still working to the letters of expectation they received from the previous Minister Gerry Brownlee?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: E Te Mana Whakawā this fits very neatly with my statements around how we're not prepared to keep doing the same thing and magically expect a different outcome because we have a very different set of expectations for those agencies in Christchurch. We are not content to be a Government that did not deliver a single anchor project on time or on budget. So that is how those statements gel together.Hon Nicky Wagner: Can she confirm that when she became a Minister she said "We need to show the people of Canterbury that there's been a change of Government." and if so—when her key organisations are still working to these expectations of the former National Government?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: What I would like to point out to that member is that we've made it very clear to those organisations that there are a changed set of expectations and I have met with them on several occasions to do so. In fact I'm the first Minister to have ever attended an annual general meeting of Southern Response. We have made it abundantly clear that through preventing the cost blowout at Metro Sports Facility and finally getting the project back on track we've got on with stumping up the funds finally for a stadium in Christchurch and initiating the business case. We've got under way with construction on the convention centre and we have identified alternative claims resolution services at Southern Response that is finally seeing some momentum around Canterbury people getting their insurance claims settled and getting on with their lives—something that member failed to do as a Minister.Hon Nicky Wagner: So when will the Minister produce a letter of expectation to guide both Ōtākaro and Southern Response?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Imminently.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Please Minister can you confirm that no longer for Christchurch will it be "Billy Bunter Lazy Street"?SPEAKER: Order! Well the Minister's certainly not going to answer the question.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Oh she wants to.SPEAKER: And the Deputy Prime Minister's trying my patience.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. It is all very well for you to say that your patience is tried but the fact is that there was a terrible insult just laid at the feet of Megan Woods and I think you should do something about that.SPEAKER: We come to questions for members."