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But two bronze angels – in round panels set at each end of the altar in the Holy Souls Chapel and dating back to when the cathedral was first opened in 1905 – were found to have gone missing from the site when the altar was removed last month. “Obviously at some point over the 10 years someone thought that they’d pop in and take the bronze angels,” said Doocey.
She intends to publicise the loss on social media: “I’m hoping someone will go ‘So-and-so has those in their room’.”
The decision was made to demolish the heritage-listed Basilica in 2019, with the then bishop Paul Martin citing the multi-million-dollar expense and danger of restoration. Demolition finally got under way in October last year, with an archaeologist on site to support in the retrieval of sacred or surprising objects.
NZ cathedral missing its angels 10 years after quake
The Guardian, AUCKLAND, New Zealand
Ten years after a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Catholic diocese has discovered that it is missing a pair of angels.
As work continues to deconstruct the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street which was extensively damaged in the 2011 quake, along with most of the central city many treasures thought lost have been recovered.
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch archivist Triona Doocey has been documenting the finds on Facebook among them, decades-old time capsules, a charity collection box full of outdated currency, and a nativity scene with the figures’ heads “taken clean off.”
Fijian Killed In Christchurch Aspired to Build Retirement Home in Nadi Faiz Ali, 33, of Armagh Street, Christchurch, was allegedly murdered by a man known to him. by waisea nasokia
23 Feb 2021 10:31 Tashlim Ali at his home in Sabeto, Nadi, on February 22, 2021, holding a picture of his brother, the late Faiz Ali. Photo: Waisea Nasokia
2021-04-07
The Fijian who died in Christchurch, New Zealand, from allegedly being hit several times by a hammer on Sunday, once aspired to build a retirement home in Nadi.
Faiz Ali, 33, of Armagh Street, Christchurch, was allegedly murdered by a man known to him.
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38-year-old charged with murder for the death of Fiji Indian man in Christchurch Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Rizwan Mohammad
Police have charged a 38-year-old man for the death of a 33-year-old man in Christchurch whose body was found at a property in Armagh Street on Sunday, February 21.
On Sunday evening, police were called by onlookers when a man was spotted walking with a hammer on Christchurch streets, with bloodstains on his cloth and neck.
Emergency services earlier that evening were called after a report of a serious assault on a property on Armagh Street.
Police apprehended the man with a hammer outside McDonald s and appeared at the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday, February 23.