A state of emergency has been declared for the entire region of Canterbury in New Zealand following torrential rain and flooding. Evacuation notices have been issued in Waimakariri District. The Waimakariri River and Ashley Rakahuri regional.
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A small event was held on Sunday to officially reopen St Peter’s Anglican Church at Church Corner in Christchurch. Architect Hugh Tennent helped refurbish the damaged church, and it had now been strengthened to 100 per cent of the building code and expanded to include a hospitality space and toilets. “We ve been working for 10 years to achieve this goal and [it] is really exciting for us to be able to celebrate and to open the church,” Mountfort said. “The new church is a really good combination of old and new. It has modern amenities like a kitchen and a hospitality area, but it has kept the majesty of the old building.”