The Canterbury Provincial Chambers were mothballed in 2018 because the Christchurch City Council could not find the $204 million needed to fix the buildings. Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel wants the city to consider paying a targeted rate to help fund the restoration of heritage buildings. The Christchurch City Council is struggling to restore all its heritage buildings damaged during the earthquakes, including the nationally-significant Canterbury Provincial Chambers, which were mothballed in 2018 because the council could not find the $204 million needed to fix the buildings. “We made it absolutely crystal clear that was a one-off contribution.”CHRIS SKELTON/STUFF/Stuff The Christchurch Arts Centre could benefit from a new fund proposed by mayor Lianne Dalziel to help restore heritage buildings. Christchurch Civic Trust chairman Chris Kissling said everyone restoring heritage buildings was looking for more sources of money and there was always competition for ratepayer and taxpayer money.

Source: Stuff November 26, 2020 06:22 UTC