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Christchurch City Council will next week vote on whether to offer Cracroft Reserve in Cashmere as a potential site for the National Erebus Memorial.
It would remember the 257 people killed in an Air New Zealand plane crash in Antarctica in 1979.
Some of the victims' families have endured a decades long wait for a memorial and hope the emergence of a Christchurch site will eventually put an end to years of controversy and delay.
A plan for a memorial in Auckland's Dove Meyer Robinson Park divided opinions with objectors claiming it would change the tone of the gardens. It was ultimately abandoned in 2023 after cyclone damage and land instability meant it was no longer safe to build on the site.
Several sites have been considered in Christchurch, with the ΕtΔkaro Av
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