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- Torch Run on Tuesday, then Special Olympics Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, Christchurch 07 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Media is invited to attend both Tuesday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run event and Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony. Come along to take photos and interview participants and their supporters. Tuesday What: Law Enforcement Torch Run. Where: Meet at Victoria Square at 11:45am, Christchurch. When: Tuesday 9 December 2025, departing at 12pm, and fini […]
- Appeal for information following suspicious approach, Waimakariri 06 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Police in Waimakariri appealing for the public's assistance following a suspicious approach on Woodend Beach. The incident happened around 11am yesterday. Police are wanting to speak with a man in relation to the incident. He is thought to be in his 50s or 60s and owns a small dog. Sergeant Florent Chargelegue said nobody was injure […]
- Further arrest made in relation to youth offending, Christchurch 04 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Please attribute to Canterbury District Commander, Superintendent Tony Hill: A second young person has been arrested in Christchurch overnight, in relation to an aggravated robbery on Port Hills Road on Sunday 30 November. The 17-year-old handed himself in to Police yesterday evening, and will appear before the Youth Court today, charged […]
- Secure your homes over summer 04 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Christchurch Police are reminding people to keep their homes secure during the summer months. The reminder comes after an incident on Friday 28 November, where a 35-year-old man is alleged to have committed a burglary by entering a residential address at night while the occupiers were asleep. The man is due to appear in Christchurch Dist […]
- Arrest made in relation to serious incidents, Christchurch 04 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Attributable to Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill: A young person has been arrested in relation to a number of recent incidents across Christchurch, including an aggravated robbery earlier this week where a store worker was seriously injured. The 17-year-old was located this afternoon in New Brighton and will be put […]
- Serial tagger caught by Police 04 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Police have arrested a North Canterbury resident for over 500 tags in various locations throughout Kaikoura, Canterbury and Dunedin. The 23-year-old man will be appearing in the Christchurch District Court on 5 December on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti. Senior Sergeant Stephen McDaniel s […]
- Eagle helicopter in Christchurch as Police launch youth offending operation 04 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Police have launched a two-month operation to target and disrupt youth-related offending in Christchurch.
- Name release: Fatal crash, Sheffield 03 Dec 2025Location: Canterbury Police can now release the name of the woman who died following a crash in Sheffield on 19 November. She was 68-year-old Glenda Sally Douglas, of Cobden. Our condolences are with her family and friends during this difficult time. A 32-year-old Swiss national charged in relation to this crash is set to reappear in the Christchurch Distric […]