

I am not going to go tromping around in it criticising them." "They are not all coming to us and saying, `What should we do now?'. It is the same with the Arts Centre and a lot of historic buildings around the city. "The council has invested in a lot of buildings. I don't think the council has anything to do with it. "I don't expect that the cathedral will come and speak to the council about every decision. I am hopeful we will have conversations in the future about what will be rebuilt," she said. "I don't think there is really any conversation to be had with the council.

"Apart from receiving this week's media release from Christ Church Cathedral, there has been no further correspondence between the heritage response team and the Anglican Church Property Trust with regard to the cathedral," a council spokeswoman wrote in an email.ĭeputy Mayor Ngaire Button said she was not concerned by the lack of communication. It emerged yesterday that the Christchurch City Council has had no communication with cathedral leaders for more than four months.Ĭouncil staff have not received any correspondence from cathedral leaders since October, an Official Information Act request by The Press has revealed. The campaign will be run in partnership with heritage campaign group Iconic, he said. "If we knock down the cathedral, the tourism trade will suffer really badly. "I am the obvious third way and will use wit, humour and art to punch through. "The church has failed us and Cera has failed us, so what is left? The Wizard.
