Stop the demolition of heritage buildings in Christchurch Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-demolition-of-heritage-buildings-in-christchurch.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Miss Johanna Butler [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19459315?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:38:20 UTC 19459315 Mr Anonymous [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18321928?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Jan 2015 04:47:18 UTC 18321928 Aden Shillito [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13951507?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:30:48 UTC 13951507 Mr Simon Bayley [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12305916?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Mar 2012 03:56:03 UTC 12305916 paul Murphy [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12102759?utm_medium=rss we,in Dublin did that in the 70s,but half way thru it some one noticed what was being pulled down was worth saveing,because all they seam to do is knock down good buildings with history and put up glass houses.

]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:58:28 UTC 12102759 pau Murphy [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12102754?utm_medium=rss we,in Dublin did that in the 70s,but half way thru it some one noticed what was being pulled down was worth saveing,because all they seam to do is knock down good buildings with history and put up glass houses.

]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:57:38 UTC 12102754 Silvin Fernande [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12057339?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:10:53 UTC 12057339 Miss Kaitlyn Harwood [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12027380?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:15:45 UTC 12027380 Alec Saunders [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12000899?utm_medium=rss If post-war Europe and UK could save their lost heritage during times of privation then what's stopping us?
NZ Historic Places Trust needs to show a strong lead and push the Government and public/private funders to get behind the retention and restoration of these gems.
Once lost, they'll never be replaced.

]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:11:30 UTC 12000899 Miss Aimee Guest [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11987297?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:23:04 UTC 11987297 Anonymous [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11981301?utm_medium=rss The loss of these buildings well be felt for ever.One shudders to think what they will be replaced with.

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:43:28 UTC 11981301 Miss Victoria Colewood [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11966152?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:15:36 UTC 11966152 Shelly Bogensberger [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11917272?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:35:08 UTC 11917272 mr sinisa cvjeticanin [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11893030?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:14:50 UTC 11893030 Jennifer Baxter [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11867706?utm_medium=rss WHY destroy a church?

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:01:53 UTC 11867706 ms nicky arts [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11854310?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:56:03 UTC 11854310 Mr Anthony Brathwiate [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11830799?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:07:11 UTC 11830799 Mr Julian Dean [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11830505?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:20:37 UTC 11830505 Catherine Galvin [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11775932?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:17:25 UTC 11775932 Dr Alex Bremner [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11758842?utm_medium=rss It's not a question of can Christchurch afford to keep its historic buildings but, rather, can it afford to demolish them?!

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:38:33 UTC 11758842 ms bennett jessica bennett [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11749681?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:41:58 UTC 11749681 mr Stuart Holland [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11724723?utm_medium=rss The heart and soul of Christchurch is exemplified by its history, particularly that of both Cathedrals. These two buildings especially need to be retained to as the pivot for the new improved Christchurch.

]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:55:46 UTC 11724723 ms. elizabeth ramsdell [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11705220?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:58:16 UTC 11705220 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11680748?utm_medium=rss Please save the historical buildings. We need to keep what we can to preserve the City.

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:54:10 UTC 11680748 Kelly Casey [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11662215?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:21:37 UTC 11662215 Miss Eisha Montoya [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11646349?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:00:54 UTC 11646349 Karen Messer [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11631011?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:30:31 UTC 11631011 Miss Lali Bodom [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11627894?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:03:31 UTC 11627894 Ms Shanin Cook [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11607406?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:37:43 UTC 11607406 Hugh Anderson [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11599950?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:47:39 UTC 11599950 Peter DePasquale [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11569957?utm_medium=rss Christ rules!

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:28:37 UTC 11569957 Mrs Joanne Kelly [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11569249?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:19:18 UTC 11569249 WILLARD HEARIN [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11563598?utm_medium=rss These buildings are irreplaceable and are vital to mainaining the uniqueness of Christchurch. Demolition should be the last option. How many of the buildings in London, damaged by the Blitz do we wish had been saved?

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:59:31 UTC 11563598 Sheila Friesen [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11551400?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:24:13 UTC 11551400 Anonymous [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11551273?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:22:04 UTC 11551273 Eva Mendez [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11549760?utm_medium=rss God bless us.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:56:09 UTC 11549760 misty espinosa [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11543602?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:23:58 UTC 11543602 lawrence le [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11543396?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:20:42 UTC 11543396 Mrs. Rowena Harrison [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11543336?utm_medium=rss Our heritage and history is what we have to teach future generations, the thought of destroying our past sets us up for a future of ignorent people, not by their choice but by the means of destruction and loss that can never be replaced. We then become ignorant because our fore father's or goverment didn't understand the importance that history has to mold our future and the future generation. A very sad loss!!!

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:19:47 UTC 11543336 E D [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11531828?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:23:56 UTC 11531828 mrs. Anonymous [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11530682?utm_medium=rss Once it is gone, it is gone. Think before you tear it down. You wish you had not.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:06:30 UTC 11530682 Elizabeth Lochhead [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11508196?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:42:25 UTC 11508196 Mr Gregory Esteve [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11481300?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:23:02 UTC 11481300 Ursula Ryan [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11474567?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 03:14:26 UTC 11474567 Tommaso Armstrong [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469470?utm_medium=rss I lived at 176 Oxford Tce which is now inside the cordon. It is a historic building but "Structurally Sound". Christchurch needs to preserve what it has left before it's too late.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:41:13 UTC 11469470 Gabrielle Taylor [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11454369?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:02:26 UTC 11454369 John Taylor [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11454365?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:02:00 UTC 11454365 Miss Afeni Nelson [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11415370?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:19:23 UTC 11415370 mrs catherine Poole [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11388266?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:55:35 UTC 11388266 Mauricio Rodriguez [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11382152?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:16:02 UTC 11382152 Ms Anonymous [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11353391?utm_medium=rss This is going to be hard work NZ since Western countries have to give up our pensions and wealth for the UN One World Socialist Govt. But I wish you well as this project will open up the doors for future tourism, studying history and architecture as well as promoting trade skills.

]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:32:34 UTC 11353391 Miss Agustine Affandi [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11347799?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:58:45 UTC 11347799 Ms Anonymous [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11335402?utm_medium=rss Please preserve the character and heritage rather than becoming a generic any-city. Tourism and resident quality of life will not improve if you strip away a city's identity. This is important for morale as you rebuild.

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:32:28 UTC 11335402 Ms Leigh James [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11317512?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:01:56 UTC 11317512 mr michael zulicki [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11313583?utm_medium=rss Respect

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:18:29 UTC 11313583 Ms Sally McIntyre [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11310453?utm_medium=rss I strongly oppose the further needless and unnecessary demolition of Christchurch Heritage buildings being rushed through before an accurate assessment of the validity of such demolitions, as well as their impact on the city's cultural fabric and communities, can be made.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:52:50 UTC 11310453 Ms Wendy Riley [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11310055?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:41:32 UTC 11310055 Mr Anonymous [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11304138?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:26:27 UTC 11304138 mrs margaret dawson [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11297830?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:20:23 UTC 11297830 mrs Tracey Hunter [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11297428?utm_medium=rss We need to save as much of our city as we can its wrong to destroy the fascade of our city if it doesn't need to be. more needs to be done to keep these buildings

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:02:20 UTC 11297428 MRS LINDA TONKIN PARKER [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11297373?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:44:45 UTC 11297373 mrs lesley edens [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11297161?utm_medium=rss Our heritage may be young compared to the rest of the world but it is ours!!!! Stop the demolitions now...so future generations have a heritage!!!
Surely some of the millions $ donated to ChCh could be set aside to preserve and strengthen/rebuild our heritage

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:54:27 UTC 11297161 Mrs Gael Edens [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11297037?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:16:10 UTC 11297037 Mrs Teena Edens Finlay [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11296993?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:59:57 UTC 11296993 Ms Sandra Long [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11295676?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:52:53 UTC 11295676 Mr Nick Jones [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11295673?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:50:56 UTC 11295673 Ms Christine von Kanel [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11290565?utm_medium=rss Please think before destroying the soul of our city.

]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:26:25 UTC 11290565 ms Anonymous [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11287622?utm_medium=rss at least please save the warners facade too much is being lost too quickly

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:40:04 UTC 11287622 Ms Kate Mang [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11285292?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:12:13 UTC 11285292 Mr David Kaliner [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11282771?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Oct 2011 03:52:24 UTC 11282771 Miss Leura Wallis [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11276722?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Oct 2011 05:11:03 UTC 11276722 Dorothy Hinman [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11265123?utm_medium=rss Far too many heritage and character buildings are being lost. The city will regret this in years to come. Stop. Incentivise owners to retain at least their facades. Retain precincts and not just single landmark buildings.

]]> Thu, 6 Oct 2011 02:00:47 UTC 11265123 MrS Abbi Middleton [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11258262?utm_medium=rss Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:14:24 UTC 11258262 Ms Patricia Mary Crothall [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11252050?utm_medium=rss Please save our heritage buildings - we have to for our future. Please don't knock down the Occidental!

]]> Mon, 3 Oct 2011 04:45:13 UTC 11252050 Justine Hogan [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11248425?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Oct 2011 01:47:47 UTC 11248425 Ms Jane Evans [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11248065?utm_medium=rss Lived in Christchurch the first 35 years of my life, still visit home regularly from Australia and have family and friends living there - very sad to see photos of valuable old buildings coming down.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 10:54:28 UTC 11248065 Laura Dunham [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11247894?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 09:45:24 UTC 11247894 Richard Hamilton [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11247124?utm_medium=rss Buildings repairable for less than the cost of total loss, should have been repaired. For CERA and Brownlee to refuse to peer review engineer's reports recommending demolition when there is contrary opinion, in order to expedite rapid demolition and maximise the insurance pay out to a building owner is tantamount to being party to fraud. If insurance companies won't insure here, it may be because they know they can't trust this government's special 'regulations' to protect them from such scams.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 05:25:23 UTC 11247124 Rob Stowell [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11247041?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 05:02:59 UTC 11247041 Mr Timothy Hogan [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11246679?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 03:46:45 UTC 11246679 Mr Rory Kinahan [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11246346?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 02:32:12 UTC 11246346 ms stephanie oberg [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11244174?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 05:26:37 UTC 11244174 Janette Kear [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11244163?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 Oct 2011 05:23:03 UTC 11244163 Dr Jane Gregg [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11244127?utm_medium=rss Say our city's heritage and heritage fabric. It is a treasure worth thinking about.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 05:08:23 UTC 11244127 Dr George Parker [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11244073?utm_medium=rss It is depressing to know that so much of this demolition is needless, is based on some kind of ecstasy of destruction – rather than the economic rationale to get “business started as soon as possible”. It is clearly uneconomic to expect that such destruction of a cultural identity will lead to anything other than a big desolate wasteland.

Please save what is left of our heritage for current and future generations of the city.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2011 04:46:43 UTC 11244073 Rosanna Winkelman [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11240010?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Oct 2011 03:03:18 UTC 11240010 James Lochhead [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11239676?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:59:10 UTC 11239676 Ross and Lorraine Gray [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11235443?utm_medium=rss The extent of demolition of Christchurch heritage buildings, particularly those which are part of the city's commercial and social history, is outrageous. Much more consideration of the value of retaining these key aspects of our past is needed and more time to fully investigate renovation possibilities, along with more exploration of funding possibilities. Kit Miyamoto, world expert, is shocked at the proportion of CBD buildings to be demolished, including the many, many heritage buildings.

]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:17:45 UTC 11235443 Jacqui McCabe [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233938?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:08:23 UTC 11233938 Peter Tuffley [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233848?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:49:41 UTC 11233848 Mr Ashley Spice [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233773?utm_medium=rss I have signed, but I am afraid it is too late. CERA has already done its worst and it all started wth Brownlee's 'old dungers' comment. It has all been done behind closed doors, to achieve a vision for a 'new Christchurch' that ignores its past.

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:36:28 UTC 11233773 Dr John Wilson [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233676?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:20:58 UTC 11233676 Mr Jack Tregear [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11233563?utm_medium=rss The wholesale destruction of central Christchurch must stop. Many important vintage buildings can be saved/repaired. It can be done over time. The headlong dash to destroy/demolish has no justification.

]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:55:11 UTC 11233563 Mr Michael Fitzgerald [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230823?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:14:34 UTC 11230823 Dr Ian Lochhead [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230778?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:59:03 UTC 11230778 Dr Lynne Lochead [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230739?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:46:06 UTC 11230739 Ms Cathi Angwin [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230637?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:13:28 UTC 11230637 Mrs Chandra Parkinson [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230401?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:38:06 UTC 11230401 Ms Lorraine North [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11230044?utm_medium=rss A moratorium must be placed immediately on the further demolition of heritage and character buildings in Christchurch. The destruction of the city's unique architecture is not only destroying its character and cultural continuity but is adding unneccessarily many millions of dollars to the cost of rebuilding. Demolition of these buildings, which may include the Christchurch cathedral, will also create massive losses for Christchurch city's heritage tourism and associated hospitality industry.

]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:54:10 UTC 11230044 Sarah Aspinwall [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11227795?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:38:52 UTC 11227795