The Star: June 13, 2019
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
10<br />
NEWS<br />
Lancaster Park<br />
plan takes<br />
another step<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
THE OUTCOME of discussions<br />
over the future use of Lancaster<br />
Park will be revealed next week.<br />
<strong>The</strong> quake-damaged stadium<br />
is being pulled down, with<br />
demolition work scheduled to be<br />
completed later this year.<br />
City council staff have been<br />
discussing the future of the park<br />
with Ngāi Tahu, the Crown, the<br />
Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />
Community Board and other<br />
key stakeholders, such as the<br />
Charleston Neighbourhood<br />
Association, Woolston<br />
Community Association, XCHC,<br />
Phillipstown Community Hub<br />
and the Christchurch Youth<br />
Council.<br />
<strong>The</strong> feedback from these<br />
meetings will be presented to<br />
the community board at its next<br />
meeting on <strong>June</strong> 17. <strong>The</strong> plan is<br />
for the park to be used for sport<br />
as there is a shortage of parks in<br />
the communities neighbouring<br />
Lancaster Park.<br />
However, the city council is<br />
asking the community what<br />
attributes it wants to see in the<br />
park. Sports clubs which have<br />
been involved are the Lancaster<br />
Park Cricket Club, Cashmere<br />
Technical Football Club and<br />
Sydenham and Otautahi rugby<br />
clubs.<br />
Church restoration funding nears end<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />
Harding<br />
news online at www.star.kiwi<br />
A LONG battle to fund the<br />
restoration of one of the city’s<br />
most historic churches is now on<br />
the “home straight.”<br />
For nearly eight years,<br />
volunteers have been fundraising<br />
to restore the St Peter’s Anglican<br />
Church.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Upper Riccarton church,<br />
which was consecrated in 1858,<br />
was damaged in the February<br />
22, 2011, earthquake.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hard work has paid off<br />
with $2.1 million raised by<br />
the church. Restoration work<br />
started in April.<br />
Parish reverend Nick<br />
Mountfort said he is very<br />
excited but still needs to find an<br />
additional $400,000 to cover the<br />
costs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> main work for the restoration<br />
of the church located on<br />
Yaldhurst Rd is strengthening<br />
the ceilings and walls.<br />
Rev Mountfort said steel beams<br />
will be run under the building to<br />
strengthen it along with bracing<br />
in the ceiling and walls.<br />
“In the event of an earthquake,<br />
nobody will be in danger in that<br />
building. Which is reassuring because<br />
stone buildings in Christchurch<br />
are a bit scary,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> original architecture of<br />
the church will be maintained<br />
while the north and south transept<br />
will be extended to allow for<br />
more amenities that were not in<br />
the old building.<br />
<strong>The</strong> church has a number of<br />
fundraising efforts planned with<br />
a garage sale in September and a<br />
ball next year.<br />
It is also running a living stone<br />
fundraiser where members of<br />
the community can sponsor a<br />
living stone from the church for<br />
$500 or a block for $1000 and<br />
their names will be listed on the<br />
walls of the restoration.<br />
Rev Mountfort said it is continuing<br />
to apply to trusts and<br />
charities around the world for<br />
the final funding needed.<br />
He said people with links to<br />
the church and community<br />
members have been very generous<br />
with helping the church<br />
raise $2.1 million so far.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council granted<br />
$150,000 from its capital<br />
endowment fund in 2017 for the<br />
cause. It is estimated the church<br />
will be restored by August 2020.<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board member<br />
ENCOURAGING:<br />
St Peter’s<br />
Anglican Church<br />
Reverend Nick<br />
Mountford and<br />
fundraising<br />
committee<br />
chairman David<br />
Winfield are<br />
excited work<br />
to restore the<br />
historic church<br />
has begun.<br />
Catherine Chu said it has been<br />
heart-warming to feel the passion<br />
of the community in restoring<br />
the church.<br />
“I feel very privileged to be<br />
able to be of help to St Peter’s<br />
Anglican Church with their<br />
fundraising. We will be setting<br />
up a Givealittle page to help the<br />
cause and raise awareness,” she<br />
said.<br />
•Donations to the church<br />
can be made at www.<br />
stpeterschurch.nz/donatenow<br />
0800 324 678<br />
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