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- Aug 27, 2026
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‘It’s a f***ing health hazard because of the rats’ (opens the original)
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A 75-year-old woman has spent years watching rats multiply, rubbish pile up and her fence collapse at a vacant property next door — but Christchurch City Council says it may not have the power to make the owner clean it up. Christine Hart had hoped the city council’s review of its Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy would offer residents more protection. “It’s absolutely crazy. The whole thing has just gone on and on and on,” she said. “Nothing has changed, us poor people have to live with
Homeless Christchurch woman was ‘badly let down’ (opens the original)
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The Angry Woman. That is what people in Christchurch called Hayley, the 54-year-old who died eight days after being left overnight on New Brighton Beach near the pier by emergency services. Andy Thompson, who lived in New Brighton for decades, said he had crossed paths with her regularly. “You could see that she was one of the homeless, because she carried a big swaggy bag of blankets and stuff,” he said. “She liked her spot by the seawall, particularly during the early morning sun.” Thompson sa
Punk to pub legend: Al Park celebrates 50 years of music and memories (opens the original)
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From playing a menacing pimp in the Dance Exponents’ Victoria music video to dating filmmaker Jane Campion and fronting one of the city’s best-loved pub bands, Al Park has lived a colourful life. But after 50 years on the Christchurch music scene, the 76-year-old has no plans to stop playing just yet. “I’ve been around for a long time. I didn’t think I’d be,” Park said. He will celebrate the milestone on Sunday with a concert at the Christchurch Folk Music Club, performing songs spanning his car
Questions over police response after rough sleeper dies on beach (opens the original)
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Police are refusing to say why they did not use legal powers to remove a vulnerable 54-year-old woman sleeping rough on a freezing Christchurch beach who later died. The Star revealed the plight of the woman, known as Hayley, after she was found at New Brighton beach near the pier about 3.20pm on Saturday, July 25. The passerby Justine Balcar called 111 about 5pm as weather conditions deteriorated and would drop to -4 deg C overnight. Police and ambulance attended, but left Hayley on the beach.
Calls for help went unanswered in lead-up to homeless woman’s death (opens the original)
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She was known as Hayley — and for weeks she slept rough on New Brighton Beach before she eventually died in Christchurch Hospital. The 54-year-old homeless woman was often cold and hungry, and would become hostile when people tried to help her. Justine Balcar was walking her dog near the New Brighton Pier at 3.20pm on Saturday, July 25, when she saw Hayley lying in the wet sand, soaked and shivering, beside the seawall. The temperature had dropped to -4 deg C that night as a polar blast hit Cant
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