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STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Police can run red lights when heading to emergencies but why do so many Christchurch drivers think they can do the same? (Video first published in January 2019) Three red light cameras will be switched on later this year to catch motorists illegally running through intersections in Christchurch. A red light camera was installed at the intersection of Bealey Ave and Madras St in 2018, but it had only been used to collect data and no infringements had been issued from it. By...

James Brodie Young, one of four alleged Headhunters gang members arrested during a Christchurch raid, refused to speak with his lawyer and called police "muppets".

Both vehicles were found at a property on Bealey Ave in central Christchurch about 11.30pm on Sunday. Police searched the property and found two firearms, and an undisclosed amount of methamphetamine and cannabis. Simon Bridges and Andrew Coster spar in fiery exchange over gangs. (Video first published in February) Police said two patched members of the Headhunters MC gang and two gang prospects were arrested. A duty lawyer told the court Young had refused to engage with her, and she was u...

The PGC building after the February 22, 2011, earthquake. Earlier that day, at 12.51pm, the city was shaken sharply and violently by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. After the shaking stopped, Richard Hooper, who worked south of the city, immediately headed to the daycare centre where his two young daughters – Aimee​ and Keily​​ – were. After the September quake, Hooper and his wife, who worked as an account manager for Marac Finance, decided the daycare, near Bealey Ave, would be their...

Christchurchs busiest and most dangerous roads revealed 20 Jan, 2021 11:55 PM 3 minutes to read Moorhouse Ave tops the list of Christchurchs busiest roads, with about 52,600 vehicles using it a day. Photo / Geoff Sloan Moorhouse Ave tops the list of Christchurchs busiest roads, with about 52,600 vehicles using it a day. Photo / Geoff Sloan Other Christchurchs busiest and most crash-prone roads can now be revealed. Moorhouse Ave tops the list of busiest roads, said Christchurch City Council head...

Staff photographer/Stuff The Addington saleyards were still in use more than 100 years later, as in this photo from 1988. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. What became known as the Addington saleyards opened on November 18, 1874, and The Press was there to cover it. “Yesterday, the new yards erected by the Canterbury Sale Yards Company​ were formally opened by his Honor​ the Superintendent, in the p...