{"id":552509,"date":"2026-07-31T05:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/552509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:53:10","slug":"christchurch-arts-centre-boss-critically-unwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/552509\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch Arts Centre boss \u2018critically unwell\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christchurch\u00a0Arts Centre director Philip Aldridge is critically ill and will not be returning\u00a0to his job.<\/p>\n<p>Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora board\u00a0chair Stella Ward announced Aldridge\u2019s situation on Friday afternoon, saying \u201che\u00a0cannot return to work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is devastating news for everyone who knows and has worked with Philip,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board is working through the necessary leadership transition arrangements to ensure continuity for the organisation and will communicate interim arrangements as soon as they are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for Philip and his family, the Arts Centre will not be commenting on personal medical matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ward said Aldridge\u2019s family had requested their \u201cprivacy be respected\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that the family\u2019s privacy be respected during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old\u00a0has been\u00a0the\u00a0Arts Centre boss since 2018. Prior to that\u00a0he was chief executive of the Court Theatre and chairman of the Bank of New Zealand\u00a0in Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christchurch\u00a0Arts Centre director Philip Aldridge is critically ill and will not be returning\u00a0to his job. Arts Centre Te&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-552509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}