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When the deadly second earthquake struck Christchurch ten years ago today, among the many things toppled by natural forces were statues of the city s founding father John Robert Godley, colonial politician William Rolleston and imperial hero Robert Falcon Scott.
Ten years on, earthquake casts shadow over Christchurch s past, present and future
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On the 10th anniversary of Christchurch s deadly earthquake, how far has the city come and what challenges remain?
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When the deadly second earthquake struck Christchurch 10 years ago today, among the many things toppled by natural forces were statues of the city s founding father John Robert Godley, colonial politician William Rolleston and imperial hero Robert Falcon Scott.
Far worse things happened, of course, but this break with the past came to feel powerfully symbolic.
My 2016 book Christchurch Ruptures was in large part about the risks of our thinking being trapped in the past and attempting to put things back as they were. Might letting these statues go allow the city to leave behind the colonial attitudes and practices they represented?
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The NG building at 212 Madras St, which the Government may have to buy or use earthquake laws to acquire to smooth the way for Christchurch s new stadium.
Earthquake powers may be used to forcibly acquire a 115-year-old building sitting on land needed for Christchurch’s new stadium. The NG building at 212 Madras St, built in 1905, survived the Canterbury earthquakes and is one of the last remaining buildings on a large parcel of land bordered by Madras, Hereford, Barbadoes and Tuam streets. But that area has been earmarked for a $473 million, 25,000-seat roofed stadium and multi-use arena, to replace the old Lancaster Park that was irreparably damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes.
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