Our lives in Canterbury have been very different since September 2010, when our series of earthquakes started. In our electorate, the worst started on 22 February 2011, when we lost so many lives, homes, and jobs. Our worlds were turned upside down. Our communities reached out to each other and offered so much support and hope to people who were left in deeply distressing situations. My two volunteer fire brigades, Lyttelton and Sumner, alongside the Woolston crew, did extraordinary things and won respect for ever as a result. They left their own wrecked homes, not knowing where their families were, to help others. Nothing could make me prouder than our response and their response.