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Christ Church Cathedral damage – CERA video
CERA have produced a video explaining the extent of the damage caused to the Cathedral by the earthquakes on the 23rd of December last year. The 4m 58sec video is a tour of the outside of the Cathedral...
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Keeping Gerry informed – bridging the information gap.
In today’s Press Minster Brownlee is quoted as saying the rental housing crisis is: “not a problem that has been brought to my attention” (article is here). It is bad for good government if Ministers...
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Cardboard Cathedral project has been approved
Approval has been given for construction of the Cardboard (Transitional) Cathedral with work to start in about 6 weeks. If completed on time it will be ready in November or December of this year. The...
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Protest rally – 12 noon on Sunday
For those outside Christchurch the significance of tomorrow (Sunday) may not be apparent. Cantabrians Unite (website here) are organising a protest rally. The points at issue are: A fresh mid term...
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Cathedral update – clarifying misunderstandings about the Transitional...
Coverage of activities around the Cathedral, funding applications, money to build the Transitional Cathedral, and the safety of the remaining structure is at best patchy. Views expressed are often high...
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Canterbury statistics – house prices, rents, employment, migration and others
The Department of Building and Housing releases regional, building, and housing market statistics (key indicators) on a regular basis. The numbers they report are often quite different from those that...
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Catholic Cathedral update
An update on the Cathedral has been posted on the website of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, as part of the parish update. The introduction to the update, released on the 10th of July, reads: The...
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Press newspaper’s expose of CTV builder’s fraudulent qualifications
For those of you living outside of Christchurch you may have missed the Press newspaper’s lead story this morning. Headed A life of lies it documents how William Anthony Fisher, construction manager...
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Antarctic season aerial salute on Friday
From a CCC media release (here): Christchurch will receive a symbolic aerial salute this Friday, as the United States Air Force makes a spectacular arrival the city to mark the opening of the 2012/13...
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Miami Herald on recovery in Christchurch
Wednesday’s edition of the Miami Herald has an interesting article on the slow pace of recovery in Christchurch, the extent of the struggle people face from bureaucracies, and especially the bottleneck...
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