From New Zealand-Custodians of the Christ Church Cathedral have flatly rejected claims they cannot legally demolish the Christchurch landmark building.
A last-ditch legal bid to repair the neo-Gothic style cathedral has been launched by the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust at a two-day High Court hearing in Christchurch.
The opponents are seeking a declaratory court judgement to determine whether the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch's decision to deconstruct breached an Act of Parliament designed to protect church buildings.
But a lawyer for the Church Property Trust said today that the Church Properties Trust Act 2003 allows them power to "build on or develop any property whatsoever."
Lawyer Jared Ormsby said that "clearly means" the church can deconstruct the current stricken structure in order to build a new cathedral in its place.
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