Anglican leaders have ordered another survey of how Christchurch residents feel about restoring the cathedral. The new survey will be the latest in a long list of polls conducted in the city about the Christ Church Cathedral. There were two major surveys in 2013 and two more in 2014. Continue reading Related Posts:Anglicans won’t comment on Read more
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Christchurch Cathedral – demolition not an option 
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
The government tasked a working group want the Christchurch cathedral to retain its external appearance as much as possible. The chair of the group Geoff Dangerfield said they were investigating how to “repair, restore and, in some parts, rebuild” the cathedral and were being “careful to ensure the building retains its external appearance as much as possible”. Read more
Roger Sutton appointed Anglican trustee on Christchurch Church Property Trust Comments 0
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Former Canterbury Earthquake Recovery chief executive Roger Sutton has a new role as an Anglican church trustee. He has been appointed one of eight trustees on the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch Church Property Trust (CPT). Sutton (above) resigned from his role at Cera in November, 2014, after a senior staff member laid a sexual harassment Read more
Anglicans won’t comment on Christ Church Cathedral until December Comments 0
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
The Anglican diocese will not answer any questions about the Christ Church Cathedral until December, a spokesman says. Anglican diocese spokesman Jayson Rhodes said there would be no comment on the cathedral until a Government-appointed working party considering options for the damaged building reports back by December 7. “The Diocese sees no need for any Read more
Cathedral – “Great announcements and then nothing” Comments 0
Friday, July 8th, 2016
After five years of dereliction, legal spats and uncertainty, the Government has appointed a working party to consider options for the ChristChurch Cathedral. Prior to this announcement Ernest Duval was reported as saying,”Christchurch is an oddball place. The heavens open and there are these great announcements and then there is nothing. It is like the cone of silence Read more
Fresh damage to ChristChurch Cathedral to be assessed Comments 0
Friday, February 19th, 2016
The Anglican Church plans to get a fresh assessment of Christ Church Cathedral amid concern the Valentines Day earthquake has further damaged the building. Sunday’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake appeared to cause more of the historic cathedral to crumble and fall away from the steel props that have held up the front of the building for Read more
Mediation plan for ChristChurch Cathedral Comments 0
Friday, September 4th, 2015
An independent Government-appointed consultant will be brought in to negotiate plans for the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral after four years of deadlock. Plans for the future of Christchurch’s iconic cathedral stalled in 2011 after Anglican leaders came out in support of plans to partially demolish the building. They had faced ongoing opposition from heritage campaigners, particularly Read more
No censure for Christchurch Anglicans over insurance payout Comments 0
Friday, August 7th, 2015
The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch has avoided censure for incorrectly using funds from an insurance payout to help pay for the Transitional Cathedral. A High Court judgment released on Wednesday said it was sufficient for the Church Property Trustees (CPT) to repay the $4 million it used from the quake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral insurance payout Read more
A tale of two Churches Comments 1
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Comparisons between the progress made at Barbadoes St and in Cathedral Square are unhelpful, but perhaps inevitable, says an editorial in the Christchurch newspaper, The Press. The editorial explains how public reaction to the two Churches has differed and suggest the reason can be found in their history and current use. Since the earthquakes, debate Read more
Cathedral demolition not an option Comments 0
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Philip Burdon says he was grateful to see Anglican Church officials show their apparent willingness to consider a more reflective and inclusive approach to the Christ Church Cathedral debate. Until now the church officials have single-mindedly advocated for the demolition of the cathedral and its replacement with a contemporary design on the basis of the Read more
