Posts Tagged ‘Christchurch earthquake’

No consensus so Bishop Jones makes the call

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

After a long period of consultation there has been no consensus reached about  the future of St Paul’s and Our Lady of Fatima schools in Mairehau, so Christchurch’s Bishop Barry Jones has been forced to make the final call. The Bishop’s proposal was made following three rounds of community consultation The proposal is to cancel the integration Read more

CHCH diocese earthquake repair assessment 75% completed

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

The process for developing concepts for repair / strengthening of churches in the diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand, is approximately 75%  completed. Since the earthquakes in in 2010 and 2011, the Diocese  has been working with engineering consultants OPUS in assessing and learning to understand the impact that the earthquakes have had on diocesan property. Read more

Battle to save cathedral far from over

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

A group of Anglicans in a small Canterbury community are vowing to take the battle for Christ Church Cathedral to the court of public opinion after a judge lifted a stay on a planned demolition of the 110-year-old building. Justice Graham Panckhurst released findings on Friday lifting the stay on demolition of the cathedral. However Read more

Christchurch Cathedral – church says critics omitting facts

Friday, March 28th, 2014

The Anglican Church has criticised the group stopping it from deconstructing the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral, saying its review of the church’s decision omitted facts and ignored escalating costs. An advertisement published in The Press  laid out the Church Property Trustees’ (CPT) argument against restoring the Christchurch Cathedral after the Canterbury earthquakes. The notice, headlined “important Read more

Anglicans left out of cathedral briefing

Friday, March 7th, 2014

The Anglican church says a British multimillionaire’s suggestion that it hand over Christ Church Cathedral for restoration is “completely bizarre”. UK businessman Hamish Ogston yesterday announced he would fund an independent survey to find out what residents wanted to see happen to the ill-fated Cathedral Square centrepiece. Shortly after the February 2011 earthquake Ogston pledged Read more

Bishop rejects cathedral compromise

Friday, February 28th, 2014

Bishop Victoria Matthews has rejected an offer of peace talks over the Christ Church Cathedral rebuild, accusing the nation’s heritage watchdog of trying to “publicly pressure” the church into a partial retention. Despite the response, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) says it remains hopeful of an “open dialogue” over the landmark’s future. The Read more

Court decision allows demolition of Christchurch Cathedral to proceed

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

The Christchurch Cathedral is free to be demolished after a final court bid by opponents to preserve the landmark was rejected. The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) had contested a Court of Appeal decision that the demolition of the earthquake-damaged landmark could go ahead. The Supreme Court today declined that appeal. Continue reading

Progress – but no decision yet on Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament

Friday, October 25th, 2013

The fate of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is becoming clearer, as new information is released on the state of the current building and land. Board chairman Lance Ryan said there were many complex issues affecting the decision making, but they had discovered new information on the state of the Read more

Rebuild – a chance to think about the kind of building churches need

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Modern community churches need to be more than places of worship, a visiting American church builder Mel McGowan says. He was in Christchurch last week to assist the Presbyterian Church and Union Churches with its rebuild programme. 10 out of 34 of their congregations in Canterbury have been unable to use their main halls of worship since Read more

Campaigners take Cathedral battle to Supreme Court

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Campaigners battling to save the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral have taken their case to the highest court in the country. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that demolition of the building could go ahead. But the bulldozers won’t be allowed to roll over the stricken Christchurch landmark just yet after the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust Read more