at its peak, the organisation employed 357 staff. its functions were taken over by land information new zealand (linz), the ministry of business, innovation and employment (mbie), and the ministry of health in december 2015, and the dpmc on 1 march 2016. within the dpmc, the greater christchurch group is responsible for part of the functions that cera used to carry out. in april 2016, other functions went to newly established organisations: the crown company otakaro ltd (responsible for delivering anchor projects) and the council-crown agency regenerate christchurch (responsible for developing regeneration plans for christchurch, including the residential red zone). when cera was disbanded, it still had 170 staff.