The Christchurch Experience

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The Christchurch Experience

• Collaborative Economic Development

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Time to Embrace New Technology
20th Century Age of Air and Motorised Transport
19th Century Age of Steam
21st Century Age of Telematics
The competitive advantage of regions is created
not inherited.
M Porter, Harvard University
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New Zealands First City

• 1881
• First
• Telephone Exchange
• in NZ

• 2007??
• First
• Advanced Broadband
• City

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Christchurch The Trading City
1863 NZs First Railway Line and First Rail Tunnel
1950 First International Airport in New Zealand
2006 High Speed Broadband
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Christchurch Engine CentreCollaborating to Build
Infrastructure

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 Head Office and JT8D  Dart MRO Test 
Engineer working on engine repairs
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Traditional v Collaborative Economic Development
Traditional
Collaborative
2 Focuses on intellectual capital driven
industries Research Technology - Services
1 Focuses on traditional industries Manufacturing
Distribution - Transportation
3 Sensitive to transportation site selection,
labour.
4 Sensitive to access to ideas collaboration,
venture capital.
5 Facing tough competition from low labour cost
regions, BRIC.
6 Less susceptible to globalisation.
8 Government assists with value networks to
promote collaboration and access to critical
services.
7 Government assists with zoning, site selection
and tax concessions.
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The City State in the Global Economy
Manchester
Wuhan
Vancouver
Songpa Gu
Seattle
Kurashiki
Brisbane
Santiago
Tasmania
Adelaide
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Tasmanian Collaborative Leading Test Bed
Fibre to the premises
Connection to 1000 premises
Participation of 30 organisations from all
sectors
Tasmania Government Grant 3M
Total Project 10m
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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)Kurashiki Test
Bed
IPv6 Everyone has a global address two way
connection
IPv4 One way connection
JAPAN
Kurashiki
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Cities Compete With The World
CITIES Seek Economic Advantage Long Term
Investment Compete Internationally
TELCOS Seek Short Term Profits 7 year
ROI Compete Nationally
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Seattle, Home of Microsoft, Task Force on
Telecommunications Innovation
The Task Force concluded that if Seattle is to
have the broadband infrastructure it needs, city
government must lead the way.
The Task Force concluded that market forces, left
alone, probably will not provide the broadband
networks and services Seattle
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HITLABHuman Interface Technology

• Collaboration between
• Seattle, University of Washington, USA
• Christchurch, New Zealand

See U Play
The Magic Book
Magic Lense
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Christchurch City
Major investment required in infrastructure (hard
and soft) if industry growth potential is not to
be constrained. .
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Learning Centres a Collaboration with Government
Learning Training
Computers Technology
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Providing a future for our Children and our
Childrens Children