There is a Community Operations team based in Christchurch, with community advisors who work with rural, marae and urban communities in the Chatham Islands, Kaikoura and across Canterbury districts of Hurunui, Waimakariri, Selwyn, Ashburton, Mackenzie, Timaru and Waimate to the Waitaki River in the south.
The Christchurch team works closely with with the Community Operations' teams in Greymouth and Nelson.