My view is that Christchurch local leaders are the ones best placed to make the decisions about their communities and for their communities without the need for intervention from the Crown. This means the need for bespoke, extraordinary powers which require Ministers to make decisions on discrete local matters is almost at an end. We are past that stage. Crown officials, notably at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Land Information New Zealand, and Treasury have been working closely with the key stakeholders to progress the transition—in particular, at the local level, alongside Christchurch City Council and other leaders on the ground, including Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, and Waimakariri and Selwyn District Councils. 