Anna Crighton's guest appearances

Anna Crighton

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Canterbury Mornings with Chris Lynch

Doug Sellman

Israel Folau

Nathan Wallis

Mike King

Gerry Brownlee

Peter Dunne

Sam Hazledine

Phil Bagshaw

Ali Jones

Paul Buchanan

Richard Wagstaff

John Minto

Peter Ellis

Trevor Mallard

Barry Soper

OwlTail

Heritage campaigner Dame Anna Crighton is relieved major fights to save Christchurch's quake-ruined Anglican cathedral and Town Hall are over.She was in her heritage house in the central city when the 6.2 quake struck 10 years ago.Crighton told Kate Hawkesby the people's fight against the Bishop of the time and the Anglican Diocese to save the cathedral wasn't easy."It was a hard-fought battle and it came right in the end. I liken saving the Cathedral to the battle to save the Town Hall.The Town Hall skirmish was against the Government, which wanted to demolish it and put the arts precinct elsewhere.Crighton says she still gets emotional thinking about the earthquake - particularly the CTV, which is only a block away from her house."The terrifying memories that it illicit have dimmed somewhat, but the intensity of the fear is definitely seared in my mind forever." LISTEN ABOVE

Heritage campaigner Dame Anna Crighton is relieved major fights to save Christchurch's quake-ruined Anglican cathedral and Town Hall are over. She was in her heritage house in the central city when the 6.2 quake struck 10 years ago. Crighton told Kate Hawkesby the people's fight against the Bishop of the time and the Anglican Diocese to save the cathedral wasn't easy. "It was a hard-fought battle and it came right in the end. I liken saving the Cathedral to the battle to save the Town Hall. The Town Hall skirmish was against the Government, which wanted to demolish it and put the arts precinct elsewhere. Crighton says she still gets emotional thinking about the earthquake - particularly the CTV, which is only a block away from her house. "The terrifying memories that it illicit have dimmed somewhat, but the intensity of the fear is definitely seared in my mind forever."  LISTEN ABOVE

Dame Anna Crighton: Heritage campaigner glad fights for landmark buildings are over

The Christchurch Heritage Trust doesn't agree with a proposal to relocate the Citizen's War Memorial.On Thursday the Christchurch City Council will consider a request by the Christchurch R.S.A. to relocate the memorial from it's current site in Cathedral square - at a cost of up to two million dollars.Chair of the Christchurch Heritage Trust, Dr Anna Crighton told Chris Lynch it should stay.

The Christchurch Heritage Trust doesn't agree with a proposal to relocate the Citizen's War Memorial. On Thursday the Christchurch City Council will consider a request by the Christchurch R.S.A. to relocate the memorial from it's current site in Cathedral square - at a cost of up to two million dollars. Chair of the Christchurch Heritage Trust, Dr Anna Crighton told Chris Lynch it should stay.

Anna Crighton: The Citizen's War Memorial should stay in Cathedral Square.

Kate Sheppard

The house of a key New Zealand's women's suffrage leader is up for sale in Christchurch.It's 125 years this week since women got the vote, a landmarked event spearheaded largely by Kate Sheppard.Now, her stately Clyde Road home where much of the suffrage movement was run from is open to buyers.Historian Dr Anna Crighton told Chris Lynch she would like to see the government purchase the house and put it into the care of Heritage New Zealand.

The house of a key New Zealand's women's suffrage leader is up for sale in Christchurch. It's 125 years this week since women got the vote, a landmarked event spearheaded largely by Kate Sheppard. Now, her stately Clyde Road home where much of the suffrage movement was run from is open to buyers. Historian Dr Anna Crighton told Chris Lynch she would like to see the government purchase the house and put it into the care of Heritage New Zealand.

Anna Crighton: 'Government should buy Kate Sheppard house'