Christchurch CBD red zone now the Rebuild Zone...

English: Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and others flying into Hagley Park on 5 March 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Red zone to be renamed rebuild zone

 

The Earthquake Recovery Minister says Christchurch's central city red zone can now be renamed the rebuild zone.

Gerry Brownlee says earlier this week there were more than 1000 people working inside the cordon which shows what is happening there now is very different to the state of the area after the destructive earthquake on 22 February 2011.

Mr Brownlee says the inner-city cordon has reduced from 387 hectares in February 2011 to just 38 hectares today.

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