I?ve had some personal and family troubles in the last few weeks that have taken me nearly to breaking point; I?

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee said the order would not force the cathedral into demolition.

"We certainly haven't pushed that position, but it is severely damaged," he said.?

No nice guy Roger Sutton simpering woodenly after having taken a big gulp from the poisoned chalice. Just Brownlee, boots ?n?

Yes, indeed. I'm sure it will be an important record for the future.

I guess that a lot of the row is about the Anglicans asserting their ownership and right?

The 1950s extension to Mountfort's museum shows that old buildings can be?

from Dave Welch's excellent NZ in Transit / Bus Watch blog

Quake authorities have given Christ Church Cathedral 10 days to come up with a plan for partial demolition – not full deconstruction as previously reported.

Brownlee did say "a full deconstruction". He was wrong. You may wish to substitute your own words for "wrong"...

Look, it's dynamic environment.

I remember an eyewitness account of a daylight robbery where "a horrible bodgie, a great dumb club" snatched?

This one? Linking would help the rest of us – though as noted by Russell recently, Stuff do have a habit of changing their stories rather than posting new ones as facts emerge.

The Press is now saying
quite

Heh

Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns said there needed to be more public debate about the future of the cathedral.

"We just get a sense that the cathedral is proceeding towards a major demolition option without the public debate that many of us believe should happen," he said.?

My girlfriend Kate said she'd like to see a?

Finally, the Cathedral, which is about to undergo ?partial? demolition to make it safe. Exactly what that means, and how much will be left at the end, Bishop Victoria Matthews can?t or won?t?

Our city blocks are, compared to most cities, quite large: 100m by 200m, which immediately suggests a built perimeter, and green squares within. We have the perfect example in the two quadrangles of the Arts Centre. The best?

they're doing exactly what their Minister intended. I'd address any questions there.

Is there a deliberate strategy to sabotage ACC as an excuse to privatise it in the long run? And if?

Timber Framed buildings have a life beyond 22 Feb, if we want.

I've been looking at Google Maps Street View with misty eyes of recent.

And me.

The 360° City layer is good too, it has some internal views of the Cathedral and some more 360° views of the Square as well..

René

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5944379/Estuary-rivers-beaches-reopen

And thanks to?

The ceremony was even protested by someone Cera let in.

Interesting that Roger corrected himself to say that everyone the Cathedral wanted to have present were allowed?

http://maps.ecan.govt.nz/WaterQuality/#

Ecan haven't updated their site and Sumner is the one?

I hoped I would never have to say something like this.
The land on which the Cathedral was built was chose for a reason, a reason we may not remember but at some time in our Nations past it must have seemed significant.
It?

I hoped I would never have to say something like this.
The land on which the Cathedral was built was chose for a reason, a reason we may not remember but at some time in our Nations past it must have seemed significant.
It?

Was he wearing a HiViz vest? I did notice that when our "Prime Minister" visited, his HiViz vest had a BNZ logo..
How cool was that?... eh?

Brights Disease is a kidney affliction
It haunts H P Lovecraft's fiction
Slithering old horrors aside
Beware crystal concretions inside
Renal hell defies the red tide
: ? )

time for breakfast?

Popped into the mall bought a box of sweeties from Mr Johnson. Not much else to see though.

There's a continuous plan to fix it up over many years after the stormwater/sewage networks were run down by successive C&R councils – typically skimping on maintenance and landing their children with the bill, to keep those rates?

Mike Coleman's?

nice work

True, but that doesn't help the rest of the country as mentioned in that story. Not that I'm saying the all too plausible scenario you describe would "help" Christchurch much either.

CERA have extraordinary powers, but as a self-perpetuating bureaucracy they're not structured for the greater good of society.

In the meantime,?

Interesting one that; I am told there are many many buildings well under code that are on the leasing-out market, particularly in the less-affected north and west of the city. One that I know of has been found to?

Clearing my involvement in any action. I can do anything, just don't get photographed.

It never crossed my mind to wear a hood.