A police cordon at Clyde Road in Bryndwr, Christchurch. Photo: RNZ / Adam Burns
Cordons remain in place on Clyde Road in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr where police shot two people at a Kainga Ora property last night.
A woman died and a man is critically injured.
Police say they were told a man was armed with a knife, threatening to hurt himself and his partner.
Susie speaks to our Christchurch reporter on the scene Adam Burns.