THE BENCHMARK in New Zealand for Night Clubs... Ministry NEEDS your support!
Cera [Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority] have release a city blueprint outlining that they will be seizing Ministry NightClub, demolishing it, and constructing a new bus exchange in it's place. It's demise is not the result of quake damage - the choice to demolish is not a safety related. Rather, this is a case of over zealous "forward thinking" and a planning process without consulting the people of Christchurch.
Bruce Williamson designed, built and ran Ministry as a labour in Lichfield St for more than 20 years. Despite the damage sustained by the quake, the main floor was still salvagable. In fact, Williamson had been working on rebuild plans for the venue for some time and planned to lodge a consent for its rebuild, retaining the existing main room but with capacity increased to 1350 people.
Anyone who attended an event at Ministry will understand what it represents to the Chch music scene and what is at stake. SIGN and SHARE this petition. SHOW Cera that ChCh bassheads are citizens too. YOU deserve to have a say about what is to remain when the new city is built?