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Around the motu: Tim Brown in Christchurch

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Keith Paterson, Mark Stewart and Bishop Peter Carrell in front of the Christ Church Cathedral on 6 April 2024.

Photo: Niva Chittock / RNZ

Work to restore ChristChurch Cathedral is over - for now.

The project needed a central Government lifeline, which cabinet rejected earlier this month.

The cost to rebuild the cathedral, which was extensively damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, had more than doubled from 2017 estimates to 219 million dollars, leaving an 85 million dollar shortfall.