Main square and Christ Church Cathedral. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnonThe lockdown has disrupted plans to start work on the Christ Church Cathedral causing delays of at least a month. Onsite preparation has been put on hold for the more than $100 million restoration of the Anglican Church's Christ Church Cathedral, which was due to begin by Easter. Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement project director Keith Patterson said the church would take at least seven-and-a-half years to re-instate and its new start time was likely to be the middle of May. Paterson said once work was permitted the first task would be establishing the construction site, followed by the start of stabilisation.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 15, 2020 21:00 UTC