What will christchurch look like

A prominent Christchurch developer hopes the central city will really come alive this year as the rebuild continues. The Crown has confirmed it will hand control of several key Christchurch city assets it had been managing after the earthquakes to the local council. New Zealand RSS. Follow RNZ News. The government launched an ambitious recovery plan in Tags: Canterbury. Christchurch transport plan has 'divided the city' 2 Nov New Chch precinct needs too many repairs and too small, union says 16 Dec There also remains a disparity in neighborhoods.

Parts of the city to the west look much as they did before the quake. But in the east, where the ground was prone to liquefaction, entire suburbs have been razed. Authorities have deemed the land too unstable for rebuilding.

Some suburbs now look like giant parks, with a few fruit trees and power lines the only sign that homes were once there. The communications adviser recalls the enormous forces at play during the quake. Basically, the four corners went in separate directions. Cosgrove said the strong community bonds that formed as neighbors tried to salvage their homes and worked on improving the area ended when the government declared it unsafe for rebuilding.

Cosgrove and his wife now live outside the city on a small farm. These have been identified as highly connected and active areas within our global network, and by focusing on them we are leverarging what we know about our own strengths, and areas where we see massive future growth.

In post-rebuild Christchurch, construction and manufacturing is slowing. The city is facing an aging population and an idle economy. This demographic is the core of a working population, and key to spending, filling office spaces, and economic growth.

ChristchurchNZ is looking at where to focus its economic development and business growth functions to bolster this and other demographics. We are helping to create strong communities around each Supernode, with a resourced steering group for each one. This group will drive activity to build momentum, including challenges and meetups, hackathons and gatherings. ChristchurchNZ wants to create cohesive ecosystems around each Supernode that students, graduates, education providers, industry and government can plug into.

We are developing our Supernodes web content to attract business and talent to the city, and act as a base of knowledge, More information can be found at www. We also plan to hold a workshop with the entire education sector at the end of October to work through how our partners in this space can continue to engage in the Supernodes process.