14 Aug 2025

Police shooting in Christchurch

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 14 August 2025
A police cordon at Clyde Road in Bryndwr on 14 August 2025.

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.