Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake , territorial authorities throughout the country commissioned structural assessments of buildings used by the public . Palmerston North City Council found that All Saints Church achieved just 3 % of the strength required by the New Zealand building code , and the parish administration thus announced in November 2012 that the church would be closed on 1 April 2013 after that year 's Easter service . Only a few months later , the July 2013 Seddon earthquake caused some cracking in the brickwork . The church suffered some minor damage in the 2014 Eketahuna earthquake ; mortar and some more bricks cracked , and a stone figure fell off the altar and broke . In April 2014 , it was reported that earthquake strengthening would cost circa NZ$ 4 million , but that efforts were underway to fund-raise that amount . The parish formally resolved in October 2015 that the church be strengthened
2014 Eketahuna earthquake
2014 Eketahuna earthquake
All Saints Church, Palmerston North