Bishop Victoria Matthews has penned a letter to the Government saying she is “seriously considering” its offer to help fund restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, but sources say no decision will be made for at least a week. Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Gerry Brownlee said he wrote to Anglican Bishop Victoria Matthews on March 8 Read more
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Christ Church Cathedral decision imminent, but ‘could change in an instant’
Thursday, March 16th, 2017Restoration campaigner Jim Anderton says a decision on the Christchurch cathedral could be made public on Friday. But a source close to the process says it could be next week. Continue reading
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
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral can be saved – for $100 million
Friday, October 28th, 2016
The new bishop of Christchurch will have to decide what to do about the earthquake Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. He will be faced with a choice of spending $45 million to restore the nave or $100 million to carry out a complete restoration. A decision had previously been made to save and restore just the Read more
Roger Sutton ‘very happy’ to join Anglican church board
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016Two Christchurch church property teams have made prominent appointments as their earthquake-damaged cathedrals sit in ruins. Roger Sutton, who stepped down as chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) in 2014, has been chosen as one of the Anglican diocese’s Church Property Trustees. Continue reading
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
Anglicans won’t comment on Christ Church Cathedral until December
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016The 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”
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
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
Fresh damage to ChristChurch Cathedral to be assessed
Friday, February 19th, 2016The 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