“It is a whole different feel, the way they are set out in a semi-circle,” he said. “The chairs were laid out like a cemetery on the other site and this feels like it has moved on a bit.
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Memorials to a tragedy and the departure of a rebuild power broker in this bonus episode of Munted, a series about the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. “It is a more pleasant site. It is not as harsh. That is quite nice.” The chairs were installed on the site as part of a working bee where about 50 people helped clear undergrowth from the site last week.
The Cashel Mall in Christchurch in 2020.
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Christchurch property investor Antony Gough said the anchor projects slowed the rebuild. The government didn t deliver on the timelines that they had put down - they had the anchor projects which were meant to be the lead pieces to help everyone get going, he said. But they stuttered in the ground and as I call it, wonder why they re called anchor, [because] they re stuck in the ground going nowhere or going very slow.
Former Christchurch Central Business Association chief executive Peter Townsend said the recovery plan s timelines were too ambitious but that provided momentum.
Work is underway to repaint and relocate the iconic 185 chairs artwork in Christchurch, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake on Monday.
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