Waching daily Aug 1 2017

Kia Ora, good morning. Today I want to talk to you about ChristChurch Cathedral and

the Crown's offer to reinstate that building. For over a hundred years

ChristChurch Cathedral has been in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, and

although it belongs to the Anglican Church, everybody in the city and in the

region has some connection to it. The ChristChurch Cathedral has always been there,

it's always been a part of our community, but February 22nd 2011 that earthquake

destroyed the building - not completely but enough to make it dangerous, enough

for it to be sitting in the centre of our city for the last six and a half

years decaying, neglected and very sad. The Cathedral has been a symbol of our

city not just locally but also nationally and internationally, so as

long as it's sitting there looking decayed our city isn't seen as going

somewhere. It isn't seeing as regenerating, it isn't seen as a place to

come and visit. But now, six and a half years later really we've got to the

stage that we need to make a decision. Recent surveys have said 80% of

people in Christchurch want a decision and they want it made as soon as

possible. To that end, the Crown offer is on the table. The history behind the

Crown offer goes back to 2015 when the Government organised for a technical

decision to be made about whether the Cathedral could be

reinstated, and the engineers got together from the Church and from around

the city and came up with the consensus that, yes, it could be done and the cost that

it would take. In 2016, the Government convened a working group, a working group

that consists of stakeholders from the Church Properties Trust from heritage

experts and from the community, and they came up with a report which had detailed

planning and costings and recommendations for reinstatement.

The church got very close to accepting that report but the uncertainty around

the fundraising and the insecurity of how they would find that money was just

a step too far. So the revised report has brought

together the Christchurch City Council, the Church itself, of course, the Government

and very generous donations from the Greater Christchurch Buildings Trust and,

all and all, that amount of money comes to $90 million dollars. The vast majority

of it is from the Church itself and their insurance. That $90 million dollars

is enough to be able to reinstate the Cathedral building and it's ancillary

buildings, but there still needs to be fundraising for the tower and the

steeple. We believe that there's lots of people who will be keen to fundraise for

that. We've got quite a lot of offers in-kind, we've had people from

international organisations offering to develop our people steeple and the

support is out there. As well as offering the funding, the Crown offer also agrees

to legislate, and we have cross-party support for that legislation, which will

make it easy to streamline and to fast-track the process of consenting, and

to set up a fundraising committee that can work to make sure that the money is

there for the Cathedral. Now, the reason that the Government and the Council are

supporting this is because although ChristChurch Cathedral belongs to the

Anglican Church, it is also a significant and recognised Category One Heritage

Building. It is also a community facility and it is a tourist attraction, and it

generates interest from tourists from all around the world to come to our city.

And furthermore, it's the jewel in the crown of a collection of neo-gothic

buildings in Christchurch, which is unique and special to the Southern

Hemisphere. So, the Crown offer means that the Church

can move on, that Christchurch can make a decision, that we can put

ChristChurch Cathedral back into the Cathedral Square in Christchurch, and I

really encourage everyone to get behind this decision so that we can get started

as soon as possible.

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