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Christchurch s earthquake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement work reaches one year milestone

Christchurch s earthquake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement work reaches one year milestone 19 May, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Ten years on from being devastated in the February 22, 2011 earthquake, the Christ Church Cathedral is slowly being put back together. Photo / George Heard Ten years on from being devastated in the February 22, 2011 earthquake, the Christ Church Cathedral is slowly being put back together. Photo / George Heard Overlooking the battered and bruised cathedral, John Robert Godley commands the best view of progress. Like a stoic site foreman, Canterbury s founding father surveys the scene. Squadrons of cooing pigeons land amongst green buddleia sprouting from cracked guttering and piles of aged debris.

Ten years on, the earthquake still casts its shadow over Christchurch s past, present and future

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

Ten years on, earthquake casts shadow over Christchurch s past, present and future SunSunday 21 updated MonMonday 22 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:36am On the 10th anniversary of Christchurch s deadly earthquake, how far has the city come and what challenges remain? ( Print text only Cancel 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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