I'm not a Christchurch-based MP. I grew up just down the road in Ashburton, about an hour down the road, but I spent many years of my life in Christchurch. I went to boarding school at Christchurch Boys' High School and then went on to university at the University of Canterbury. Like our colleague Ron Mark across the House, I lived in a number of suburbs; in St Albans, in Riccarton, and in Papanui. In fact, I think it was just around the corner from Clayton Cosgrove's electorate office at the time. 