Work to deconstruct the earthquake-damaged Citizens' War Memorial so it can be repaired and reinstated elsewhere will begin today. Work to carefully deconstruct the earthquake-damaged Citizens' War Memorial outside Christ Church Cathedral will get under way on Thursday. The Church Property Trustees wrote to Christchurch City Council last year offering to gift the memorial. The memorial, which commemorates Cantabrians who died in war, needs to be moved from its current site next to Christ Church Cathedral so the reinstatement work on the cathedral can proceed. Under the arrangement, the council is responsible for identifying a new site for the memorial, providing interim storage for it, and funding and overseeing its repair and strengthening.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 21, 2021 20:03 UTC