Figures show the government spent $443,400 on a working group looking at the restoration of the quake damaged Christ Church Cathedral, but its fate has still not been agreed upon. The fate of Christ Church Cathedral has been in question since the February 2011 earthquake, with parties at an impasse over whether it should be Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Christchurch Cathedral’
Bishop is not a CEO. Parishes are not just local branches of the diocese
Monday, February 27th, 2017
Why is the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch worrying about how to fund rebuilding the Cathedral? After all the public land records show Diocese has $320 million “empire” of cash and properties. Why not, for example sell the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tekapo to help fund the rebuild? But a diocese, Anglican or Catholic, Read more
Cathedral restoration: Church disputes Government offered 25m
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Bishop Victoria Mathews called an emergency media standup on Sunday to refute Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Gerry Brownlee’s claim that the Government offered the church a $25 million deal to restore the building. On Friday Brownlee said he was disappointed an offer to help with the restoration of the Anglican Cathedral in Christchurch was turned down by Read more
ChristChurch Cathedral announcement before Christmas
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016A decision on the future of the Christchurch Cathedral will be announced before Christmas, church and recovery leaders say. Greater Christchurch regeneration minister Gerry Brownlee and Bishop Victoria Matthews issued a joint statement this week confirming an announcement would be made in the “second half of December”. Continue reading
Cathedral plans revealed soon
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016Bishop Victoria Matthews has returned to New Zealand to consider plans for the future of the Christ Church Cathedral, according to sources close to the process. In June, the Government tasked a working group with breaking deadlock on the earthquake-damaged building, which has been holding up the redevelopment of Cathedral Square in central Christchurch. The working group Read more
Cathedral working party ‘farcical’ if ruling not binding, says campaigner
Friday, August 5th, 2016A working party tasked with finding a solution for the quake-damaged Anglican cathedral is “farcical” and “pointless” if its recommendations are not binding, a heritage campaign group says. Co-chair of the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT), Jim Anderton, has been campaigning to restore the Cathedral. He said the working party’s recommendations, which are expected in Read more
Christchurch Cathedral – future remains uncertain
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016Another deadline for progress on a significant building within central Christchurch has been missed, with both the government and the Anglican Church saying there is no news on what will happen with the Christ Church Cathedral. At the joint announcement the church said it expected to announce the findings of the working party by the Read more
Peter Beck moves from one shaky town to another
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Peter Beck, the former Christ Church Cathedral dean and Christchurch city councillor will move to New Plymouth in April to take over the role of dean of Taranaki Cathedral. St Mary’s cathedral in New Plymouth was closed in January because it meets only 15% of the new building standards. The Bishop of Taranaki, Archbishop Philip Read more
Miles Warren cathedral plan ‘a ray of hope’
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015A scheme by one of New Zealand’s most celebrated architects to rebuild the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral appears to have the backing of Canterbury Anglicans. Architect Miles Warren believes his scheme will get the go ahead and it appears to have been embraced by Anglicans, with 95 per cent of the 74 feedback emails received Read more