The passing of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 signalled the formal transition from recovery to regeneration. When I spoke at the first reading of that piece of legislation in October 2015, I made points about my belief in locals being up to the task of making decisions that was for the betterment of their province and their region. Over four years later, I have seen the evidence to know this to be true. In contrast to the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act that preceded it, the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act introduced processes and structures to support the regeneration of Christchurch. It represented a change in the approach to Christchurch and a movement back towards more local leadership. I would like to acknowledge the then Minister, the Hon Gerry Brownlee, who did actually work collaboratively with members of the Opposition and local leaders in Christchurch to pull together a bill that could garner broad-based support. 