A legal wrangle over Christ Church Cathedral’s fate is far from over despite a court ruling demolition may proceed. The Court of Appeal dealt those fighting for the landmark’s restoration a hefty blow on Friday when it dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision allowing the Anglican Church to deconstruct. The Great Christchurch Buildings Read more
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No hurry to level cathedral
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Demolition experts will not be closing in on the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral any time soon, despite a court giving the green light to take it down. The Court of Appeal yesterday dealt those fighting for the landmark’s restoration a hefty blow when it dismissed an appeal against a High Court decision allowing the Anglican Read more
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral – Safety before history and emotion
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Safety must come before history and emotions when considering the options for the future of the Blessed Sacrament cathedral in Christchurch, says John Ogilvie. Ogilvie is the financial administrator in the diocese of Bunbury, Australia. In May 2005 a tornado swept through Bunbury, destroying homes and badly damaging the Catholic cathedral. An engineer concluded the Read more
Not everyone happy with plan to merge two schools
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
A plan to merge two schools takes away choice, some parents say. Last week Christchurch, New Zealand, Catholic Education office manager Mike Nolan announced St Paul’s School in Dallington and Our Lady of Fatima School in Mairehau are to merge. “The minister has agreed in principle to the formation of a new state integrated full Read more
Sisters of Nazareth to rebuild Nazareth House
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Sisters of Nazareth have released plans for an ambitious development on their 8-hectare Brougham St site. The plans include an 80-bed care hospital and rest home, plus a dementia unit, convent and chapel, and a 62-unit retirement village. The new facilities will replace the ones destroyed by the Christchurch earthquake. “This is Read more
Agreement in principle on merger of 2 Christchurch Catholic schools
Friday, June 28th, 2013Agreement in principle has been reached over the proposed merger of St Paul’s in Dallington and Our Lady of Fatima School in Mairehau. The merger is to proceed and the new school will be situated in Mairehau, on the site of Our Lady of Fatima in Innes Rd. Following the earthquakes and the red-zoning of St Paul’s Read more
Cathedral millions declined
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013Cashed-up Christ Church Cathedral supporters want to shell out millions of dollars to save the quake-damaged landmark, but their offer has been rebuffed. The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust, co-chaired by former MPs Jim Anderton and Philip Burdon, has offered to provide the $6.7 million it says is required to stabilise the cathedral. The restoration campaign Read more
Church insurer pays out $511m
Friday, May 24th, 2013Insurer of churches, schools and historic buildings Ansvar paid out $511 million of claims last year, settling more than three-quarters of the earthquake claims lodged with the company. That’s according to the company’s latest financial results, for the year to December 2012, published yesterday. Ansvar was inundated with claims after the Canterbury earthquakes and withdrew Read more
Earthquakes strengthen couples relationships
Friday, May 10th, 2013Couples who helped each other through the stress of Canterbury’s earthquakes were brought closer together by the traumatic events, a new study says. Research into how couples were affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes found that while some couples experienced increased marital distress, others would have felt their relationship grew stronger. University of Canterbury Read more
Non-profits fear being left out in the cold
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013Social organisations are pleading to be kept in mind during the central Christchurch rebuild. The new-look city centre is likely to have far fewer cheap premises because of the loss of old buildings, escalating construction costs, and buy-up of land for the green frame. Council of Social Services executive officer Sharon Torstonson said many social Read more