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when I was in Christchurch NZ earlier this year I went to see the cathedral, badly damaged in the quake. The locals were all for repairing it (at huge expense, it must be said) as it's a symbol of the town, which is very C of E. Not the bishop, though. She thinks the quake was a gift from God giving her the opportunity to build herself a fancy new cathedral. And she had turned down an offer of restoration funds from the world Anglican community. Her parishioners aren't impressed at all.