Canterbury’s district police commander has given an update after police officers shot a woman dead and critically injured another man last night.

Officers were called to Bryndwr's 's Clyde Road about 11pm - by someone known to the people, but not at the address. Ten armed officers arrived to find a man chasing a woman with a hunting knife, and ...

Officers fatally shot a woman they say turned a knife of them after police wounded her partner, who was threatening her.

A woman is dead and a man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by police in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr. Reporter Adam Burns spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.