Following the quakes, intervention by the Crown was the only way to enable the required recovery, but we're past the need for the Crown to have such wide-ranging and extraordinary powers, and the structures and the people of Greater Christchurch are more than ready to take on more leadership of the regeneration of the communities. It's time to give them responsibility. Local decisions should be made at the local level, and this bill goes some way to returning those decisions to those local institutions. 