Posts Tagged ‘Great Christchurch Buildings Trust’

Bishop Matthews – Wealthy and powerful tell us they know best

Thursday, April 19th, 2018
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The outgoing Bishop of Christchurch, Victoria Matthews, has said goodbye to her diocese with an attack on civic authorities over their handling of the future of Christchurch Cathedral. She was speaking at a special Choral Eucharist in Christchurch’s Transitional Cathedral last Sunday. She said the Christchurch Cathedral restoration is being driven by “the wealthy and Read more

Christchurch Cathedral – demolition not an option

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