Asbestos at Christ Church Cathedral complicates cleanupIAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF Veterans from the RSA will still be able to lay wreaths at the citizens' war memorial, despite the discovery of asbestos. Asbestos has been discovered in the land fenced off around Christ Church Cathedral, complicating a clean up of the area ahead of Anzac Day. Despite the contamination members of Christchurch's Returned and Services Association will still be able to lay wreaths at the citizens' war memorial on Wednesday. IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF It is not clear if contamination, discovered in hard fill delivered to the site in 2012, affects the wider cathedral area. It is not clear if asbestos contaminates the wider cathedral site.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2018 06:56 UTC