AP reports: Anglican church officials in New Zealand say an iconic cathedral in downtown Christchurch must be demolished because earthquakes damaged it beyond repair. ChristChurch Cathedral is the ...

WELLINGTON (AFP) – Christchurch's cardboard cathedral officially opens on Thursday, replacing the neo-Gothic structure destroyed in a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people in New Zealand's ...

More than six years after a deadly earthquake struck Christchurch and the city’s iconic cathedral, the Anglican Church in New Zealand has made a decision to rebuild the landmark. For many locals ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A cathedral made from cardboard. The idea may sound flimsy, particularly given that cathedrals tend to be known for their solid presence: the flying buttresses ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Anglican church is to demolish a 131-year-old cathedral in earthquake-devastated Christchurch because it is too dangerous and expensive to rebuild, the ...

A 6.3 magnitude quake hit Christchurch, New Zealand’s second-largest city, on Feb. 22, 2011, killing 185 people and flattening much of the city’s downtown, including a cathedral that dated to ...

After the cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, was badly damaged in a 2011 earthquake, it was replaced by -- not the tallest or largest structure -- but by “the world’s only cathedral made ...

THE rebuilding of Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been mothballed because of a lack of funding, it has been confirmed. Work was finally under way to repair the extensive ...