The Star: March 15, 2018
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10 Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
CHRISTCHURCH<br />
Central Labour MP<br />
Duncan Webb has gone<br />
back to the future.<br />
<strong>The</strong> former insurance<br />
lawyer has just moved<br />
into his new electorate<br />
office, which is somewhere<br />
he used to spend a lot of<br />
time – the former courts<br />
complex.<br />
Dr Webb said it was<br />
ironic he had moved into<br />
the Durham St North<br />
complex, given he used to<br />
work there before getting<br />
into politics last year.<br />
“It is a little back to the<br />
future,” he said.<br />
“It’s good, it’s a lovely<br />
spot.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>y moved into part of<br />
the former victim support<br />
building at the back of the<br />
complex last month after<br />
months of searching.<br />
It looks out over the<br />
Avon River and Victoria<br />
Square and is in the heart<br />
of the city, he said.<br />
Dr Webb, a former Lane<br />
Neave partner, said although<br />
he never worked in<br />
that particular building, he<br />
knew the complex well.<br />
His office is the first<br />
RETURNING:<br />
Christchurch<br />
Central<br />
Labour MP<br />
Duncan<br />
Webb is the<br />
first tenant in<br />
the former<br />
courts<br />
complex.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
MARTIN<br />
HUNTER<br />
Office deja vu for MP<br />
tenant that has moved<br />
onto the site, which is now<br />
owned by Science Alive!<br />
Science Alive! bought<br />
the courts buildings off<br />
Ngai Tahu for $25 million<br />
with plans to develop them<br />
into a new education facility.<br />
It has since scaled back<br />
its plans, and wants to sell<br />
the former magistrates<br />
court building. <strong>The</strong> courts<br />
moved into the new Justice<br />
and Emergency Services<br />
Precinct in January.<br />
An opening event will be<br />
held for Dr Webb’s electorate<br />
office, but a date has yet<br />
to be set.<br />
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