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A year after the first earthquake struck Canterbury, the NZHPT continues to work alongside property owners and leading authorities towards the best results for heritage. Amid the loss of the region’s heritage there are a number of success stories too – where owners have determined that their heritage properties will be restored.
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While many visitors to the Antigua Boat Sheds are keen to take a punt that was not an option for owners Mike and Sally Jones five years ago when they set about safeguarding their business’ future.
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A flyer handed over by Alan Slade from the Slade Family Trust which owns the former Trinity Congregational Church in central Christchurch has a succinct heading – ‘Bugger! But we’re coming back’.
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For 135 years Lyttelton residents and visitors to the port settlement have looked up to the spur above Officers Point and seen the Timeball Station. Now, the visual reality of the seismic activity that has rocked Canterbury since 4 September 2010 is plain to see.
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The Arts Centre in Christchurch takes up an entire block in the central city – so it’s fair to say repairing the iconic heritage complex and visitor attraction following successive earthquakes and countless aftershocks will be a complex task.
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The Category II-registered Colonial Italianate Canterbury Club building on Cambridge Terrace overlooking the Avon River has stood up remarkably well, all things considered, to the earthquakes of last year and this. So much so that plans are underway to celebrate the club’s 140th anniversary on site next August.
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The motto at Christ’s College – ‘Good traditions, well maintained’ - is particularly apt given the challenges the school has met following the earthquakes and aftershocks of the past year.
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An exciting archaeological discovery was made during the demolition of an earthquake damaged building in central Christchurch in September.
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The significantly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings in Christchurch has been placed onto a world list of sites to help ensure its retention and restoration.
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