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Wellington, July 7, 2017
A cross-party letter included in the Government offer of reinstatement for Christchurch Cathedral shows significant support for a prompt decision, Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner has said.
The letter — signed by the leaders of National, United Future, the Maori Party, ACT, Labour and the Greens — is an in principle agreement to support legislation streamlining the consenting and approval process for reinstatement.
The Government offer, presented to Bishop Victoria Matthews on Sunday, has been well received and a number of organisations have come out in support. I would like to thank my parliamentary colleagues for taking the time to attend cross-party meetings and for their public support with the legislative process,” she said.
Ms Wagner believes this letter carries lot of weight and strengthens the Government offer, since, apart from being a place of worship, the Cathedral is a significant category one heritage building, a community facility and a tourist attraction.
“We need an agreed solution on its future and we need it sooner rather than later,” she said.
For more information on the Government offer, please visit http://www.ccwg.org.nz/
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