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GREATER CHRISTCHURCH Recovery Update ISSUE 28 DECEMBER 2013 Canterbury 2013: What excites you about future Christchurch? Here's what some of the greater Christchurch The year that was residents shared at the recent A & P Show: new jobs created in retail 9,900 trade, accommodation and 4,200 food services in the year construction jobs to September 2013 in created in same Canterbury period of residents rate their quality of life positively Economic growth (September 2013) 167,000 4,038 482,000 square metres square metres of CANTERBURY of roads repaired building new non residential this year (as at consents building consents November) issued for new issued 6.2 homes AUCKLAND (in greater Christchurch so far this year) NATIONAL 4.5 WELLINGTON 4.1 3.6 Source: ANZ Regional Trends, Statistics New Zealand, CERA, SCIRT. Now that year three of earthquake recovery is behind place. Much physical work is also underway. Commercial us, it’s a good time to reflect on the positive things we building is going strong in the central city and beyond and achieved in the greater Christchurch community in 2013. CERA’S Christchurch Central Development Unit is forging Earthquake recovery is a long and, at times challenging, ahead with key anchor projects. As we all know only too road. We recently saw how the All Blacks on their end of well, the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild year tour kept faith in themselves and their abilities to claim Team (SCIRT) has also moved its repair programme up a seemingly impossible victory over Ireland. This inspired a big notch. me and made me think how much strength and resolve we I am delighted also that Christchurch has just been selected need here as a community to make this recovery happen to join the 100 Resilient Cities Network by The Rockefeller and how many wonderful people are keeping the faith in Foundation. The Foundation recognised the work that’s been our region. done and that "our city will be able to better prepare for, In this Update, you will read about examples of the vast withstand, and bounce back more effectively in the face of amount of earthquake recovery work that has been done shocks, stresses and other vulnerabilities." this year. Some of that work still involves planning and Bear with us. Know that support and assistance are understanding the big picture – which has to be done long available and the progress is real. before any sods are turned in the ground. We want to get the recovery right and build a strong, resilient, amazing CERA Chief Executive Roger Sutton Recovery snapshot Seismic update Long-serving volunteers by the numbers from GNS reach out to the community page 2 and 3 page 7 page 11 PUB055.1312 0800 RING CERA I 0800 7464 2372 I Fax (03) 963 6382 I www.cera.govt.nz The big picture - what is the plan? An over-arching document has been created to CERA and Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery drive the recovery of greater Christchurch after Gerry Brownlee in their leadership roles in the recovery also Hon Gerry Brownlee the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. It is called require good quality information about what is happening. Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery the Recovery Strategy. CERA carries out extensive monitoring to help guide its decision-making and tries to make as much information The Recovery Strategy provides a vision, goals and a road as possible available to the public on the recovery. Until map for ensuring the success of greater Christchurch in recently, CERA published a Canterbury Economic Recovery It seems amazing to me that we have already its recovery. dashboard on its website each month. This activity has come to the end of 2013 and year three of The numerous aspects of the Strategy are represented in now been transitioned to the Canterbury Development earthquake recovery in greater Christchurch. the diagram (seen below) and are reflected in the range of Corporation (CDC) which will include the recovery indicators graphics on these pages. Here you can see a snapshot of We’ve heard much that the third year after a disaster in its quarterly economic report. That can be found at how the many elements of the recovery feature in our daily can be the hardest and I know it has been a mixed www.cdc.org.nz/economic-data from February 2014. lives. That is, how we interact as a community, support year within our community. My commitment as Minister In the New Year, CERA’s monitoring and reporting team each other and gather together; also how organisations, for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery remains as it will start to publish a new webpage providing a monthly businesses and individuals in our region are working to ever was, to see people in the greater Christchurch snapshot of the recovery. Look out for that and other make the recovery happen. community get back on their feet as soon as possible recovery updates at: www.cera.govt.nz and become part of the positive energy force that will drive us through this recovery. Recovery Strategy It’s heartened me in recent weeks to see some of the hard work that’s gone into elements of the recovery come to fruition. The approval of the Land Use HIP & INTEG DERS RATI Recovery Plan (LURP) on 6 December was a major LEA ON milestone. The LURP puts land use policies and rules BUILT in place to help rebuild greater Christchurch and will, Building consents total value Ready-mixed concrete As at September 2013, the volumes of no doubt, go a long way towards easing housing More than $5.5 billion worth of building Since 2010,ECONOMIC 1,947,000m3 of ready concrete poured in Canterbury are now pressures and speeding up residential growth. consents have been issued in greater mixed concrete has been poured in at the highest level on record. Christchurch since the September CanterburyRevitalise (18% o fgreater the N ew Zealand Christchurch as the The Port Hills zoning review announcement I know 2010 earthquake. $2.1 billion of this total forheart the peof rioa prosperousd). was tough on some. I am only too aware it was a long was issued during 2013 alone. region for business, work, education, and Source: Statistics New Zealand (September and October 2013) and frustrating wait for Port Hills property owners. SCIRT progress increased investment in Unfortunately, some of the delay was outside our new activities. control while we awaited the outcome of the Quake Completed Roading Water Supply Wastewater Stormwater NATURAL SOCIAL Reticulation ReticulBUILTation Reticulation Outcasts legal challenge. At least now, the affected Remaining residents have certainty over the status of their Strengthen Develop resilient, cost community resilience,325 effective, accessible and Environment Canterbury and Walking Tracks properties and can start to move on with their lives. safety and wellbeing, 25 integrated infrastructure, 13 and enhance quality buildings, housing248 and other recovery partners As the Port Hills land zoning announcement is the last, of life for residents 44 411transport networks. 13 50 of 80kms closed by and visitors. worked on two major works of the earthquakes we can also now draw a line under two and half years 996 COMMUNITY of zoning decisions. planning in 2013 in the natural (thousands of square metres) (kilometres) (kilometres) (kilometres) sphere: NERP and LURP. The Canterbury economy is going from strength to strength and the recovery is predicted to really gain CULTURAL NATURAL NERP 30 of 50kms now SOCIAL re-opened momentum in 2014. When you look at some of the The Natural Environment Recovery data we’ve put together in this Update in terms of Renew greater Restore the natural Programme (NERP) was designed to facilitate Christchurch’s unique environment to support employment, growth and consenting, the signs are Avondale Earthquake Assistance identity and its vitality biodiversityCanterbury and the restoration and enhancement of the Centre: 13,293 appointments sinceexpressed through economic prosperity natural environment, and capture all positive. sport, recreation, art, and toSuppo reconnectr tpeople Line it was established. history, heritage and to the rivers, wetlands opportunities to build future resilience. I was recentlyCh risaskedtchurc habout City Coun mycil (Nov visionember 20for13 )greater Kaiapoi Earthquake Hub traditions. andreceiv Port Hills.es 400-500 Christchurch and I see sport and recreation at the More than 4,300 enquiries/ calls per month. LURP Waste appointments since it was heart of that. We have the opportunity to create a established. The Land Use Recovery Plan (LURP) provides Burwood Resource new identity for ourselves and think about how people Earthquake Support Coordination a framework for rebuilding and future Recovery Park has will see us in the future. Christchurch will always Service: has almost 2,000 open cases, development, identifying land use areas and received approximately 450,000 tonnes of CERA, the public and private sector and 98% be the garden city, the gateway to the South Island and has helped more than 8,400 communities coordinate with each other to priorities. 450,000 tonnes of earthquake waste 45% of flat land earthquake waste, households since it was established. contribute to the recovery and future growth of It addresses the short and medium-term and Antarctica but I think the extraordinary sporting ofgreater Crown Christchurch.-owned flat land residential red 10% of which has Temporary accommodation villages needs for housing and business, reviewing the record of10% Canterbury has been processed gives us an opportunity to claim residential red zone zone insured been processed. 50% of what has been processed Kaiapoi Village, Linwood Village, Rawhiti properties have been property owners existing planning and policy framework and the title of sportingwill be re capitalcycled of New Zealand.
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