Canterbury district news and alerts

Body found in search for Elisabeth Nicholls

DRZ667 — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 02:35:51 +0000

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Canterbury

Police searching for missing woman Elisabeth ‘Lis’ Nicholls in central Christchurch have found a body.

Update: Riccarton death not suspicious

rpel50 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:07:33 +0000

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Canterbury

Police can now advise that the death of a woman in Leslie Hills Drive, Riccarton yesterday was not suspicious.

The woman was located critically injured in a car park, likely as a result of a medical event, and tragically died while being transported to hospital.

A scene guard that was in place in the car park has been stood down and the woman’s death will be referred to the Coroner.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre.

Unexplained death, Riccarton

rpel50 — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:26:03 +0000

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Canterbury

Christchurch Police are continuing to make enquiries after a woman was found with critical injuries in a Riccarton car park yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the car park at around 4.40pm.

Tragically the woman passed away while being transported to hospital.

Her death is currently being treated as unexplained and a scene guard is in place at the car park where she was found.

Appeal for information following incident in New Brighton

nlnqs3 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:45:38 +0000

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Canterbury

Do you recognise this man? Canterbury Police would like to speak with him, as they believe he can assist with enquiries into an incident on New Brighton Pier on Saturday.

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Police acknowledge sentencing in relation to the death of Yanfei Bao

fljpp1 — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:33:44 +0000

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Canterbury

Tingjun Cao was sentenced to life imprisonment with 17-and-a-half years non-parole for the murder of Yanfei Bao.

Christchurch man arrested after evading police for months

nlnqs3 — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:47:14 +0000

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Canterbury

Attributable to Senior Sergeant Steph McDaniel:

Police have arrested a 44-year-old Christchurch man who has evaded Police since August last year.

The man, a known gang associate, had made significant efforts to avoid arrest, including breaching his conditions, failing to appear in court and frequently changing vehicles and addresses.

Following an extensive investigation into his whereabouts, Police launched a targeted operation involving the newly formed Gang Disruption Unit, the Offender Prevention Team, and the Canterbury Rural Tactical Crime Unit.

Fatal crash: Bowicks Road, Cust.

DRZ667 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:54:46 +0000

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Canterbury

A person has died after a vehicle rolled on Bowicks Road, Cust this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the crash at about 1.25pm.

The person sadly died at the scene.

The Serious Crash Unit has conducted a scene examination.

Police would like to thank the emergency response teams who assisted at the scene.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre

Media advisory: Search for missing Christchurch woman

jtenk9 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:18:08 +0000

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Canterbury

Media are advised that Police will hold a stand-up this afternoon regarding the ongoing search for missing Christchurch woman Elisabeth Nicholls.

Detective Sergeant Lucy Aldridge will speak to media at 2.30pm in central Christchurch.

We ask those media interested in attending to RSVP to media@police.govt.nz. Further details will be provided to registered media.

ENDS

Issued by the Police Media Centre

Appeal for information: Aggravated robbery Oxford Terrace

CCNRS7 — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 02:53:48 +0000

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Canterbury

Police are asking for the public’s help after an aggravated robbery on Wednesday 4 June.

Police were called to the Oxford Terrace store about 8pm on Wednesday, after three males entered the premises and threatened a worker.

The offenders then fled in a vehicle, after stealing a number of items.

Thankfully the worker was not physically injured.

The vehicle used was a Black Mitsubishi Colt, registration KCB102, and was reported stolen prior to this incident.

Police are requesting the public's help to identify the individuals pictured.

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Man arrested following building site burglaries

DRZ667 — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 04:35:54 +0000

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Canterbury

A 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an investigation into a series of burglaries across North Canterbury and Selwyn.

On Monday 9 June, three search warrants were executed, two at residential addresses and one at a storage unit.

CCTV supplied by the public and from building sites helped identify the person of interest; acknowledged by Police as being crucial in bringing this investigation to a successful conclusion.

Burglaries at building sites cause significant disruption and financial loss to builders, contractors, and future homeowners.