The Star: June 15, 2017

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Thursday June 15 2017
Quake buildings inquiry: No charges
• By Gabrielle Stuart
POLICE WILL not lay
any charges in relation to
the earthquake death at St
Christopher’s Book Market on
Riccarton Rd.
Henry Ross Bush, 75, died
when the facade collapsed on his
parked car during the February
22, 2011, earthquake.
Survey ‘dictatorial style’
• By Bridget Rutherford
HIGH PROFILE property
developer Ernest Duval has
likened a survey commissioned
by the Anglican Church on the
future of the Christ Church
Cathedral to a method world
dictators would use.
Mr Duval,
who heads City
Owners Rebuild
Entity, wrote a
submission saying
the survey
was something
Ernest Duval
that would
happen under
Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad, or
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
The survey, done by company
Research First, was released on
Tuesday and said 58 per cent
wanted the Cathedral reinstated.
In his submission, Mr Duval,
who wants the Cathedral restored,
said it was biased.
“Good to know there are
outfits like yours in the Market
place and will pass your contact
details to Messrs putin Assad
Kim il Jun [sic],” he wrote.
He said the comments were
directed at the pollsters.
“That’s the sort of thing they
would do in those countries
to get a result to support their
political point of view.
Detective Inspector Darryl
Sweeney said police are also
unlikely to pursue charges into
the death of apprentice tattooist
Matt McEachen who died trying
to escape falling rubble at the
Southern Ink tattoo parlour on
Colombo St.
Police said yesterday they are
awaiting final reports into their
investigation into the collapse
CRITICISM: The Anglican Church-commissioned survey on
the future of the Christ Church Cathedral has been called
biased.
“We live in an open and fair
and transparent democracy, we
don’t live in a place where you
have to manipulate questions to
get a desired result.”
But the Church Property
Trustees, along with Research
First director Carl Davidson,
said on Tuesday the survey was
not biased.
“We went to Research First
because we knew they would
help us form the questions that
didn’t actually bias the results
of the CTV Building and the
Ballantynes car park building
on Lichfield St.
Linda Arnold, 57, was killed
when a concrete panel fell
from the Ballantynes car park
building, and 115 lives were lost
in the CTV collapse.
Detective Inspector Sweeney
said police had assessed
the Southern Ink case for
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
in any particular way,” Church
Property trustee Bruce Deam
said.
The survey first asked the 380
random participants whether
they preferred reinstatement, a
rebuild or if they did not mind.
Then, when participants
were told the “consequences,”
such as the funding gap for
reinstatement, the likelihood of
an impact on rates, and the time
frame, 23 per cent changed their
minds.
criminal charges and engaged
several experts to examine the
report.
“They do not believe that
charges should be laid in this
case,” he said.
Matt’s father Bruce McEachen
said he had been waiting 2250
days to hear the result of the
investigation, and he was
absolutely gutted.
DICTATORS: Russian
President Vladimir Putin,
Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad, and North Korea’s
Kim Jong-un.
In Brief
RAVENSDOWN CLEARED
A Worksafe investigation into the
death of a contractor at Ravensdown
on Main South Rd has been
concluded. Worksafe have said it
will be taking no action against
the fertiliser company after the
death of 73-year-old Keith Edward
Hillery. Mr Hillery suffered serious
burns from an electric shock
on June 16, 2016. He was airlifted
to the National Burns Centre at
Middlemore Hospital in Auckland,
where he later died. Five others
were taken to hospital for smoke
inhalation but were uninjured.
BURGLARY CHARGES
A man arrested for a number of
burglaries in north-west suburbs
has had further charges added.
Robert William Northe, 30, now
faces eight charges of burglary,
possession of instruments for
burglary and possession of
cannabis. He will appear via videolink
from Christchurch Men’s
Prison on June 22. Eighty-three
houses were burgled in Ilam,
Bryndwr and Strowan over a 10-
week period. Detective Sergeant
Ross Tarawhiti said more charges
for Northe were likely.
HOSPITAL FUNDRAISER
The women fundraising to buy
recliner chairs for the Christchurch
Hospital children’s ward have
nearly reached their target.
Joanna Triplow and Renee Jones
began fundraising to buy 12
hospital-standard recliners and
pull-out beds to make the stays of
families with sick children more
comfortable. Mrs Triplow said they
have been able to buy nine, and
want to get three more. To donate,
visit https://givealittle.co.nz/
fundraiser/12chairsforhdu
97-YEAR-OLD TIME CAPSULE
A time capsule has been found
underneath the demolished St
Albans Community Centre. The
St Albans Residents’ Association
is looking for any relatives of
those who buried the capsule 97
years ago before it is opened. The
association is working to plan a
public opening later in the year.
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