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Christchurch s earthquake-crippled Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement work reaches one year milestone
19 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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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, 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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