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On Tuesday The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust announced that the Anglican Cathedral in Christchurch New Zealand, which was severely damges in by an earthquake could be restored for $67 million, as opposed to the $220 million the Anglican Church says is needed. One of the most contentious factors in the $153 million difference is whether base isolators – flexible bearings in Read more
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Today, Friday 26 April, the Anglican diocese will release detailed information on how it arrived at cost estimates for three design options for the Christchurch Cathedral. On Wednesday evening, Gavin Holley, of the Church Property Trustees, told a Press-hosted public forum on the proposals that he hoped to have the information up on its website Read more
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Three designs for the Christchurch’s Anglican cathedral were released last week as part of a call for public feedback before Anglican leaders decide the future of the cathedral next month. The restoration of the existing building would cost between $104 million and $221m, A new gothic building constructed with modern materials would cost between $85 Read more
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There are ”communication issues” between Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) and Anglican leaders according to Justice Chisholm who is hearing a case brought by the GCBT challenging the Anglican decision to largely demolish the Christ Church Cathedral. Chisholm said “While it is not the role of the court to intervene, the applicant and first respondent might like Read more
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Following the High Court (Justice Chisholm J) ruling that no further deconstruction of the Christchurch Cathedral should take place until further consideration and consultation between the Church Property Trustees (CPT), the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) and the Court, has taken place, the GCBT is endeavouring to work with the CPT and the Bishop, to Read more
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A legal battle to save Christ Church Cathedral is set to rage on after high-profile Auckland lawyer Mai Chen claimed the demolition order may be unlawful. Campaign group Restore Christchurch Cathedral sought advice from Chen’s firm ChenPalmer to back up action taken by the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT), which this month sought a binding Read more
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About half of Christchurch Cathedral’s $40 million insurance payout will be spent before the rebuild begins, court documents show. Papers obtained by The Press from a High Court challenge brought by the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) against the building owner, the Church Property Trust (CPT), shows the Anglican diocese expects to retain just $20m Read more
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The owners of Christ Church Cathedral were within their powers to order the earthquake-damaged building’s deconstruction, a court has heard. The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) is contesting in the High Court the right of the cathedral’s owner, the Church Property Trust (CPT), to deconstruct the building, claiming the move breaches a 2003 act of Parliament Read more
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The possibility of Catholic and Anglicans sharing a common super cathedral in Christchurch is being described as nothing but a pipe dream, by Mike Grimshaw, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Canterbury University. ”It would be the first ecumenical cathedral in the world, but ‘there is no way it would work”. “High Anglicans might be happy Read more
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Jim Anderton, co-chairman of The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust, says that on Tuesday the trust will launch a court action seeking a declaratory judgment, or binding court ruling, to determine whether the church’s decision no to restore the Christchurch Cathedral breached an act of Parliament protecting church buildings. He says legal advice backed by two Read more
