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Homicide investigation launched
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a five-year-old boy who had been admitted to Christchurch Hospital with critical injuries died this morning. Detective Senior Sergeant Scott...
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Investigation into baby’s death
Canterbury Police are investigating the death of a 15-month-old baby. Emergency Services were called to a residential property in Truman Road, Christchurch just after 10.30pm on Friday. They found an...
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Elderly man injured in New Brighton assault
A cordon was set up around part of the New Brighton Mall area where a 72-year-old man was assaulted overnight. The man was in Christchurch Hospital serious injuries today, but Senior Sergeant Roy...
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Rise in Riccarton raids on vehicles
Over the last few weeks there has been an increase in the number of vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles in the Riccarton area of Christchurch. The vehicles being targeted by opportunistic thieves...
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Tourists injured in city attack
Two tourists have been admitted to Christchurch Hospital after an attack by a group of up to eight people in the driveway of their backpackers’ accommodation in the central city. The attack happened...
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Canterbury Police warn public to be wary of scams
Canterbury Police are urging the public to be vigilant for on-line and email scams in the wake of several recent complaints relating to fraudulent behaviour. Detective Sergeant Craig Farrant from...
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Police warning about ‘white van scam’
Canterbury Police have received reports from the people who have been approached by two young men in a van trying to sell them cheap home theatre systems. “Police understand that members of the public...
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Keeping safe during Cup and Show week
Canterbury Police urge anyone driving to events during Cup and Show Week to remove valuables from their vehicles before they set off. “In contrast to previous years Police are seeing an increase in...
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Power company scam targeting elderly, police warn
Canterbury Police have received 11 separate reports in relation to an alleged Meridian scam that has so far targeted elderly residents in Prebbleton, Mt Pleasant, Murray Hill, Rangiora, Riccarton and...
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Police investigate bus driver robbery
Canterbury Police are investigating the knife-point robbery of a bus driver at Broadhaven Park in Parklands about 7.15pm on Saturday January 9. Constable Justin Robbins said a bus driver was...
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Police seek Parklands arson witnesses
The police are appealing for witnesses to a series of fires in Parklands. At about 2.30am on Tuesday March 22, emergency services were alerted to a series of fires in the eastern Christchurch suburb....
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Man threatened with gun by intruders
Canterbury Police are appealing for information after two men forced their way into a man’s home in Christchurch and threatened him with a gun. The incident happened in Langdons Road, Papanui, at...
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Overnight shooting incident
Christchurch police are seeking witnesses to a shooting incident overnight on October 31-November 1, 2016. They attended an incident early on November 1, 2016, where a 30-year-old man was found with a...
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Police ‘sting’ catches out licensees
Canterbury police say they are “very disappointed” with the results of liquor licence testing with under-age customers being able to buy alcohol. The controlled purchase operation in the Waimakariri...
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Canterbury car thieves target Mazda Demios
Over the past four months Canterbury Police have seen a marked increase in the number of Mazda Demio vehicles stolen. This make and model has topped the most stolen vehicle list in Canterbury and this...
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Trio with alleged gang links remanded
Two men and a woman with alleged connections to the King Cobra gang have been charged with firearm offences after a police armed offenders squad raid on a house in New Brighton last week. Liam Kimi...
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Hanmer Springs incident
Canterbury Police are continuing to investigate the incident which occurred at a house in Hanmer Springs township on Monday night, September 18, about 9.30pm. A number of people were in the house when...
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Police investigating two suspicious fires
Police are investigating two suspicious fires in the Christchurch area overnight. The first was at a building site in Addington at about 11.40pm on Monday. The damage caused by the fire was not...
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Woolston pharmacy robbed at knifepoint
Christchurch police are investigating a knife-point robbery at a pharmacy on Ferry Road, Woolston. The incident happened at 10.12am on Friday September 29, when a man entered the store carrying a knife...
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Police ask for help in robbery investigation
Police are appealing for public help to identify the offenders who carried out a series of dairy robberies in Christchurch this week. They particularly want to hear about anyone offering cut-price...
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