Seismics & the City

Shaping Canterbury’s Future Now

Collaboration, Regeneration & Innovation

A City on the Move: Collaboration & RegenerationPresented by: Hon Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch

A City on the move Collaboration & Regeneration

Looking back: Remembering and Learning

Looking forward: Visioning and Building

Looking BackRemembering & Learning

Milestones

• Preparedness • Government Interventions• Community Leadership – CanCERN

Preparedness

• $6M investment in resilience

• $60M Asset protected

• Security of Supply:

3 weeks vs 3 months

Government Intervention

• Earthquake Support Package

• Support Subsidy • Job Loss Cover

• Recover Canterbury (CECC & CDC) provided support for businesses, including mentoring, referrals, access to training and assistance

Communityleadership

“The wisdom of the community always exceeds the knowledge of the experts.”– Harold Fleming

Looking BackRemembering & Learning

Millstones

– Legislative framework - CERC to CERA– Missed opportunity to learn from others

Lessons Learned

Legislative Framework

“Quake law gives unfettered powers”

Missed Opportunity

“I think we’re actually re-writing international best practice down here on a day-by-day basis”

Radio New Zealand 10th February 2012

Looking ForwardVisioning & Building

• Visioning– Location, location, location– People, environment, experience – The Garden City 2.0

• Building– Learning the lessons– Building on what we have– Collaboration & engagement

Regeneration

Christchurch City’s Long-Term Plan 2015-25Building Resilience: from Recovery to Regeneration

RegenerationRestoration

New Growth

Garden City 2.0

Technology - our past and our future

““You never let a serious crisis go You never let a serious crisis go to waste. to waste.

And what I mean by that: it's an And what I mean by that: it's an opportunity to do things you opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”think you could not do before.”

Rahm EmanuelRahm EmanuelEx White House Chief of StaffEx White House Chief of Staff

Community-led Community-led recoveryrecovery