Maori Hill residents Gillian Fleming (left) and Barbara Frame (right) hand over a petition opposing the planned demolition of Highgate Presbyterian Church to church member Tony Borick ahead of the this week's hearing. Mr Borick was supported at Wednesday's meeting by the leader of a public campaign to save the church, heritage developer Stephen Macknight. The petition was presented to Highgate Church minister Rev Geoffrey Skilton after the meeting. "Based on that information, the congregation made the decision to demolish the church,'' Mr Borick said. The engineer found the church building was 80% earthquake compliant, and that it would take very little to make it 100% compliant, Richard Macknight said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 02, 2019 15:32 UTC