The future of the Christchurch rebuild has been revealed, with a new agency – called Regenerate Christchurch – overseeing the next phase of the reconstruction.
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel have unveiled details of the new plan in Christchurch this morning, which is designed to replace the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act before it expires in April next year.
Regenerate Christchurch will be a joint entity tasked with overseeing the long term development and enhancement of the central city, residential red zone, New Brighton and other potential regeneration zones. It will be the first of its kind in New Zealand.
Mr Brownlee described it as a unique partnership that offered a new way of thinking about how central and local government could operate in the future.
“Christchurch will be leading the way and the rest of New Zealand will look to this partnership as a new way of working.”
Regenerate Christchurch will be jointly owned and funded by the Crown and the Christchurch City Council and will have an independent board, which will report to both the Crown and Council.
