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A project to reopen two earthquake-damaged buildings in the Christchurch heritage precinct relies on city councillors signing off the one-off ratepayer grant.
Aldridge revealed in June last year the earthquake-damaged Arts Centre, home to the largest collection of heritage buildings in New Zealand, was struggling financially. He told councillors the centre was facing a $1.5m annual shortfall and was at risk of closure if it did not receive public funding. Since then, the centre has undergone a major restructure and made nearly one third of its 30 staff redundant. All senior managers took pay cuts, including Aldridge, whose pay dropped 33 per cent. Aldridge had originally asked the council for an annual grant because unlike the publicly-funded Canterbury Museum and Christchurch Art Gallery, it operates without any subsidy from the Government or the council.
Goldstein died in Christchurch on November 19, 2020.
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June Goldstein at her home in Cambridge Tce, Christchurch, in 1955. Jackson said Goldstein was “incredibly knowledgeable” and was a talented storyteller. She particularly loved contemporary, traditonal and modern art. “She was somebody you could sit down and have a really long conversation with and I enjoyed that about her immensely.” Goldstein was born in the small English village of Whaplode Drove in Lincolnshire in 1927. Her early years were challenging due to the Great Depression and World War II. Goldstein went to school in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. She left at 14 due to the war, difficult family circumstances, and because women’s careers were of limited societal interest at the time.