Although up to a third of the city's buildings will have to be demolished as unsafe, Christchurch's mayor, Bob Parker, suggested that the city's cathedral could be rebuilt "brick by brick". "We need to find some symbols like that," he said. A new and stronger city would rise from the ruins. "The scale of what has happened here means we will have to take some bold steps." http://www.icresource.com/pages/icr-news/news-update-new-zealand-earthquake-relief-efforts/