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One person's in custody after a standoff that lasted more than four hours - on Christchurch's Wilsons Road

26 June 2025

Armed police had headed to the St Martins area as a precaution, and nearby schools went into lockdown.

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26 Jun: The Department of Conservation's preparing to remove a dead orca near Christchurch's Waimairi Beach this morning

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26 Jun: The Garden City's well and truly left its post-quake struggles in the past

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23 Jun: The retirement home that missing Christchurch woman Elisabeth Nicholls wandered from, is terribly saddened by the case

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