Dr. Rod Carr is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canterbury. Alongside his impressive educational and business achievements, Carr is an athlete who, despite being legally blind since birth, has complete 14 marathons in the past 8 years and swum the 6km open water swim from Kapiti Island to the mainland on several occasions. Carr brings a outstanding multi faceted intellect to TEDx and has strong opinions about Christchurch and New Zealand's place in the world both before, and subsequent to, the earthquake. As Carr points out, New Zealand is a first world consumer of credit being one of the most indebted nations in the world to be servicing its debt -- and that was before $30 billion of wealth was destroyed. Carr hopes that TEDx can contribute to an informed public debate about the appropriate support for Christchurch, given the reality of global capital constraints.