Shilli-Fully Travels

Our final night in New Zealand was spent in Christchurch. The pictures speak for themselves in terms of the remaining extent of the damage from the 2011 earthquake and the ongoing rebuilding, impacting almost all of central Christchurch. Much of the rebuilding work has been subject to controversy as to whether to renovate, where possible, or rebuild, notably the cathedral, which has been deconsecrated and temporarily replaced by the “Cardboard Cathedral”.