The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has this morning released documents relating to Christ Church Cathedral.
The documents were uploaded onto the Cera website at 9am, and include six engineering reports by Holmes Consulting Group between November 7 and February 14, as well as communications between the authority and the Church Property Trustees.
In announcing the release yesterday, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee said the information will improve the public's understanding of the damage the iconic building suffered in the February 22 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks, and the reasons behind the church's decision to demolish the Cathedral.
Mr Brownlee also called for the Anglican Church to release their reports behind the decision to deconstruct the Cathedral down to 2-3 metres.
A spokeswoman for the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, said the church would review the Cera documents and if it believed there were other "relevant, appropriate documents'', it would consider releasing them.
Cera's reports can be found at: http://cera.govt.nz/the-cathedral-file
