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The First 16: Christchurch's top influencers


Philip Matthews05:00, May 25 2021
DAVID WALKER/STUFF
A new campaign aimed at attracting businesses, investment, visitors, migrants and students to Christchurch invites newcomers to explore the opportunity . Stuff set out to find how the new slogan rates with Christchurch locals. (Video first published October 2018)
Some built. Some planned. Some thought. Some acted. Some campaigned. Some entertained. Some made things. Some ran things. Some changed for the world for the better. All of them influenced Christchurch over the 160 years since
The Press was first published.
A list like this one would normally go up to 10 but 10 was not enough. So in the spirit of 160 years, we give you Christchurch’s First 16. ....

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Sadness as last Catholic service held in Lyttelton, after more than 150 years


CHRIS SKELTON/STUFF
Catholic services are finishing in Lyttelton, ending a 150-year tradition dating back to the early whalers and Irish immigrants who came to New Zealand.
Dwindling numbers, a priest shortage, and a plan to merge parishes have led to the “end of an era” when the last Catholic service is held in Lyttelton. LEE KENNY reports.
It will be with a sense of sadness that Father Peter Costello delivers his sermon on Sunday.
It will be the last Catholic mass held in Lyttelton, ending a tradition in the Canterbury port town dating back more than 150 years.
About 200 parishioners, past and present, will attend a special gathering at the site of St Joseph the Worker Church, which was destroyed by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. ....

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Church back in Church Corner: 10-year effort to repair quake-damaged building


JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/Stuff
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.” ....

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