Recovery Strategy
What is the Recovery Strategy?
The draft Recovery Strategy for the greater Christchurch area proposed a road map for recovery from the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, including direction for major activities required to make the recovery effective, timely and well co-ordinated.
Public consultation
Public consultation on the draft Recovery Strategy is now closed.
The period for comments was from Monday 12 September to Sunday 30 October 2011.
Thank you to everyone who made comments on the draft Strategy.
Comments received
Comments received (12 September to 30 October 2011) on the draft Recovery Strategy:
- Individuals who commented (names and contacts have been removed) [Excel file 650KB]
- Organisations who commented [Excel file 243KB]
- Longer comments from individuals [PDF 770KB]
- Longer comments from organisations [PDF 13MB]
Next steps
CERA is summarising all the comments received and working with Environment Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Waimakariri and Selwyn District Councils and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, to consider the input and make recommendations to amend the draft Strategy. The comments and the recommended final Recovery Strategy will be considered by the Minister for Earthquake Recovery early in 2012.
Read the draft Recovery Strategy
The draft Recovery Strategy can be viewed and downloaded here:
- The summary of the draft Recovery Strategy [PDF 1.8MB]
- The draft Recovery Strategy [PDF 2.4MB]
Introduction to the draft Recovery Strategy
Development of the draft Recovery Strategy
In June and July 2011, eight community workshops were held and written submissions invited from the community, to assist with the development of the draft Recovery Strategy. These reports summarise the input received:
- Community Workshop Report (July 2011) [PDF 185KB]
- Public Submissions Report (July 2011) [PDF 196KB]
Five key areas for recovery
To assist in developing the Recovery Strategy, five key areas have been identified.
- Community wellbeing
- Culture and heritage
- Built environment
- Economy
- Natural environment
Find out more about the five key areas for recovery »
Draft Recovery Plan for the CBD
Under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011, the Christchurch City Council was given the responsibility of developing a Recovery Plan for the Christchurch CBD. In preparing this document the Council called it the draft Central City Plan. The terms “draft Central City Plan” and “draft Recovery Plan for the CBD” are used interchangeably.
The aim of the draft Recovery Plan is to set out how the Central City will recover from the devastating Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. It must be consistent with the Recovery Strategy, which is being developed by CERA. It can also direct that the Council must amend RMA planning documents such as the City Plan.
Written comments are now closed.
Written comments will be provided to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake recovery, via the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) for consideration.
