Cathedral Reinstatement Updates
December 17, 2020
First permanent steel support in place
The permanent west end support frame is now in place.
December 1, 2020
Internal virtual tour
Take a drone tour of the inside of the Cathedral, narrated by Heritage Professional Jenny May. The footage was captured by Beca in 2019.
October 27, 2020
South transept – stabilisation
Temporary steel support frame installed at the South transept
October 20, 2020
Resource consent application
Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Limited has lodged a resource consent application.
October 16, 2020
North porch
Temporary steel support frame installation - October 2020
September 4, 2020
North porch concrete pour
We have poured the concrete foundation for the temporary steel support frame that will be used to stabilise the north porch of Christ Church Cathedral.
August 31, 2020
1 September 2020 Project Video Update
Hear Project Director Keith Paterson describe the early stage of stabilising the Cathedral.
July 8, 2020
Request for Order in Council
UPDATE 28 August 2020 - Order in Council approved.
June 19, 2020
June 2020 Project Update Video
Listen as Project Director, Keith Paterson, explains some of the key activities underway on site.
May 19, 2020
Kids, COVID19 and the Cathedral
While we were all in our bubbles over the past few weeks, we saw an opportunity to creatively engage children about the project.
December 18, 2019
Resource Consent Application
Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Limited has lodged a consent application for stabilisation work.
December 13, 2019
Our Summer Brochure 2019/2020
Read the brochure
August 6, 2019
Lighting up the Cathedral
Throughout August the Cathedral will be luminescent in pink and blue, lighting up Cathedral Square and reminding people that there is a project underway to reinstate the Cathedral.
August 1, 2019
Read the brochure
Our Winter 2019 brochure is hot off the press.
August 1, 2019
Naylor Love appointment
We are pleased to announce that Naylor Love Canterbury Limited will provide construction logistics, methodologies and programme advice for the project and will begin work in early August 2019.
July 30, 2019
August work notice
In August we’ll be doing some soil sampling, and removing moss and other unwanted vegetation.
July 23, 2019
July 2019 Work notice
From 29 July to 2 August 2019 we’ll be doing maintenance to the trees around the Cathedral site.
July 21, 2019
Embracing heritage
We re looking forward to sharing the Cathedral s rich heritage during the 2019 Beca Christchurch Heritage Festival in October.
June 6, 2019
An angel from the window
Workers were thrilled to discover a beautiful section of intact stained glass from the Christ Church Cathedral s Rose Window. It depicts the head of one of the heavenly hierarchy of angels and measures about 13cm by 12cm.
May 2, 2019
May 2019 Work notice
In the coming weeks we’ll be doing some general maintenance on site and work to protect heritage.
February 1, 2019
Framing removal work almost complete
The front of Christ Church Cathedral can now be clearly seen following the recent removal of steel framing.
January 16, 2019
Steel framing coming down
Work on removing steel framing from the front of Christ Church Cathedral is well underway.
December 4, 2018
Experienced engineer to lead reinstatement of Christ Church Cathedral
An engineer with more than 30 years experience has been appointed as the Project Director for the reinstatement of Christ Church Cathedral.
December 17, 2020
First permanent steel support in place
The permanent west end support frame is now in place.
December 1, 2020
Internal virtual tour
Take a drone tour of the inside of the Cathedral, narrated by Heritage Professional Jenny May. The footage was captured by Beca in 2019.
October 27, 2020
South transept – stabilisation
Temporary steel support frame installed at the South transept
October 20, 2020
Resource consent application
Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Limited has lodged a resource consent application.
October 16, 2020
North porch
Temporary steel support frame installation - October 2020
September 4, 2020
North porch concrete pour
We have poured the concrete foundation for the temporary steel support frame that will be used to stabilise the north porch of Christ Church Cathedral.
August 31, 2020
1 September 2020 Project Video Update
Hear Project Director Keith Paterson describe the early stage of stabilising the Cathedral.
July 8, 2020
Request for Order in Council
UPDATE 28 August 2020 - Order in Council approved.
June 19, 2020
June 2020 Project Update Video
Listen as Project Director, Keith Paterson, explains some of the key activities underway on site.
May 19, 2020
Kids, COVID19 and the Cathedral
While we were all in our bubbles over the past few weeks, we saw an opportunity to creatively engage children about the project.