The CTV building designer says he will look at the CTV report – when he gets a copy.

Christchurch mayor Bob Parker acknowledges the council has responsibility for issuing consents, but says the building was approved almost three decades ago.

As the inquest into the deaths of eight people who initially survived the collapse of the CTV building in Christchurch wound up this week, Rod Vaughan recalls one man’s relentless fight to find out why they weren’t rescued.