22 Jun 2020

Redcliffs school moves to new site nine years after quakes

From Morning Report, 6:17 am on 22 June 2020

A Christchurch primary school is moving into its permanent new home today, nine years after cliffs behind it collapsed during the city's earthquakes.

Redcliffs School subsequently moved to a temporary location in the suburb of Sumner, but the new location will mean the school will return home to Redcliffs, after a land swap with the local park.

The move comes after in 2016, the then National Government, overturned its own decision to close the school.

Christchurch reporter Anan Zaki spoke to principal Rose McInerney ahead of today's move.