A school leader says the Ministry of Education of wasted millions of taxpayer dollars over years of earthquake repairs, and was obstructive and misleading. The building budget at Christchurch Girls High School has blown out by 50 percent to $40 million and it's not finished, even after five years of work. Mike Lay, who was chair of the board of trustees for most of those years, until 2018, says the ministry botched the job then targeted him when he tried to hold it accountable. He told Phil Pennington about the school's struggle to get the school re-built properly.
The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in Christchurch may be a template for repairing flood damaged schools in the North Island. Some schools are still waiting to be repaired more than a decade after the devastating quakes. On his first visit to Christchurch since becoming Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins visited one of the schools still in the midst of its rebuild process, and to celebrate the progress being made. Our reporter Rachel Graham and videographer Nate McKinnon went along.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rangi Ruru Presbyterian Girls School, Hewitts Road".
Register Record for Cathedral Grammar School Main Block, 2 Chester Street West, Christchurch
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Felled trees at the Heathcote Valley School".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rangi Ruru Presbyterian Girls School, Hewitts Road".
Staff at the Engineering School photographed outside the soon to be demolished Mushroom.
Denise Torrey is the principal of Summerfield School in the south of Christchurch.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
A photograph of high school students working at the Fitzgerald Avenue Community Garden.
A photograph of the sign for the Old School Reserve in Mt Pleasant.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote water supply. Station Road by school".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote water supply. Station Road by school".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote water supply. Station Road by school".
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 12 December 2012 entitled, "Old School, New Times".
A photograph of an AWA Trails poster on the gates of Wainoni School. The poster on the right identifies this spot as Location 1 on the Wainoni Trail. The photograph was taken at the launch of the Wainoni AWA trail at Wainoni School. All Right? posted the photograph on their Facebook page on 2 September 2015 at 3:56pm.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Schools around Christchurch return after a week off due to the earthquake. Banks Avenue School is situated in one of the worst hit areas. Bradley Farrant, aged 10, on patrol allows Shaima Rabani, aged 10, to cross".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Schools around Christchurch return after a week off due to the earthquake. Banks Avenue School is situated in one of the worst hit areas. Bradley Farrant, aged 10, on patrol allows Shaima Rabani, aged 10, to cross".
The plight of Earthquake victims in Christchurch has struck a chord with the pupils at an Auckland school. More than 300 pupils at Pasadena Intermediate, in the suburb of Point Chevalier, have donned the Canterbury colours, raising money to help a school down South recover from the disaster.
A map showing the locations of Maori language classes affected by proposed school closures.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Working at the Haldenstein's/Unlimited Paenga School site".
A page banner promoting a special liftout for schools, on earthquake causes and effects.
A page banner promoting a special liftout for schools, on earthquake causes and effects.
Christchurch Reporter Jessica Horn is at the emergency accomodation centre at Bernside High School.
A Christchurch school has bought ukuleles for all its children out of earthquake donations.
An aerial photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street and Unlimited School (centre)".
One of several containers now on the Halswell School grounds while reconstruction takes place.