Ngāi Tahu's Murihiku regenerative project provides the opportunity for a partnership to drive our future from the South. As Tā Tipene O'Regan said recently, "we are facing a once-in-many-generations opportunity to reset the way we manage energy". We need to ensure that the clean energy from Manapouri and the abundance of fresh water in the South is harnessed to provide jobs and prosperity for the South. However, the Crown's plans to spend over half a billion dollars on upgrading transmission lines to take power north does not fill me with confidence. 