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The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust makes the following offers to the Anglican Church.
Stabilisation Offer (more…)
Press Information
The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust makes the following offers to the Anglican Church.
Stabilisation Offer (more…)
Grants Scheme for Central City Heritage Buildings
This item was published on 05 Jul 2013.
The DCC now has $90,000 available in grants for heritage building re-use projects in Princes Street and areas adjoining the Warehouse Precinct. (more…)
Minister Amy Adams Media Release Text as follows. (more…)
Heritage Event in 2013 recognises value of city's past
30 May 2013
The Council today agreed to hold a smaller Heritage event later this year and re-launch Heritage Week in 2014. (more…)
Scoop has the Anglican Church Media Release- Christchurch Cathedral Conversation Involves Thousands
The Response: Restore Christchurch Cathedral Group: Cathedral Poll Results (Media Release) (more…)
Media Release: Cathedral Poll Results
The Anglican Church has released its Cathedral poll based on just 3750 respondents with 51% voting for the contemporary design.
Mark Belton from Restore Christchurch Cathedral Campaign comments (more…)
Christchurch MPs are to receive NZ’s heaviest Heritage Open Letter (a 15kg stone tablet) addressed to Prime Minister John Key and Ministers, along with a heritage petition signed by 5000.
Media release from:
Historic Places Canterbury, IConIC, Christchurch Civic Trust, 21 May 2013 (more…)
A gala dinner with a contemporary menu from renowned chef and restaurateur Fleur Sullivan.
The Dinner will be in Fleur's Loan & Merc Restaurant in Oamaru's stunning historic precinct.
http://www.oamaruscott100.org.nz/Scott 100 Dinner
Guest speakers will entertain throughout the evening including James Blake, son of the late Sir Peter Blake and Pippa Lady Blake.
Professor Sir David Skegg, President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and Mrs Philippa Foster Back, Chair of the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, will also be present and contributing to the occasion. Other international guests include Zoe Young the granddaughter of Kathleen Scott and Lord Kennet. (more…)
"Historic Places Canterbury is appalled at the mindless act of visual pollution by Wilson Parking
in attaching one of its signs directly to the 1860 Historic Shands Emporium Building..."
Media Release: 21 December 2012. (more…)