A video of a tour of the new central Christchurch police station. The video includes interviews with Riwai Grace, Fire Communications Shift Manager at the New Zealand Fire Service, and Superintendent Gary Knowles, Canterbury Area Commander for the New Zealand Police. Knowles gives The Press a tour of the new training area, cafeteria, courtyard, firearm simulator room, prosecution area, interview rooms, and cell blocks.
Christchurch's old central city police station building will now be demolished on Sunday by implosion. Another one of Christchurch recognisable buildings to be given a death sentence following the earthquakes of 2010/2011. Photo by Geoff Trotter at www.dreamdreams.co.nz
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police changing shift from the square walk back to the main police station down Hereford Street".
A map showing the location of the new central police station.
A map showing the site of the new central police station.
A police car next to the Cathedral Square Police Station. In the background are MFL House, the Forsyth Barr building, and the Price Waterhouse Cooper building.
It's been revealed that not a single one of New Zealand's 315 police buildings constructed before 2011 have had a full earthquake safety check. Canterbury's district health buildings and a central Wellington cinema are among other major structures needing checks. Phil Pennington joins us with the details.
The Avon river, with some cordon fence visible on the left and the central Police station in the background between the trees.
Cordoned off after damage from the earthquakes.
A view of the intersection of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Boulevard. From the left are the Police station, Christchurch City Council's Civic Offices, the HSBC Tower and the Harley Building on the right.
Damage to the Cathedral. The Cathedral Square Police Station is on the right, and in the background are MFL House (left), the Forsyth Barr building (right) and the Camelot Cathedral Square Hotel (centre).
The Avon river, with some cordon fence around Our City O-Tautahi, that was in the former Municipal Chambers visible on the left and the central Police station in the background between the trees.
Buildings seen through the cordon fence from Cathedral Square. From left to right are MFL House, the Forsyth Barr building, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, the Camelot Hotel and the Cathedral Square Police Station.