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The Press, 17 Jul 2026

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Read The Press on PressReader to stay up-to-date with news from Christchurch and New Zealand. The Press newspaper covers breaking news, local events, and in-depth reporting on sports, business and lifestyle, delivering essential insights to readers across the region.

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ArticleGang­ster cleared

A judge is sure an afflu­ent gang boss was receiv­ing ille­git­im­ate funds, but it is not enough to prove he was involved in a mul­ti­mil­lion-dol­lar drug syn­dic­ate. Justice Rachel Dun­ning­ham found Comanchero Motor­cycle Club national com­mander...

Gang­ster cleared

ArticleHouse sale forced after coin offered to pay rates

A North Can­ter­bury fam­ily’s home has been sold for almost $200,000 under valu­ation by the local coun­cil after the own­ers refused to pay their rates – and then tried to pay them off with a col­lect­able $10 coin. Wai­makariri Dis­trict Coun­cil...

House sale forced after coin offered to pay rates

ArticleWhy July is Tom Hol­land month

There’s a beau­ti­ful moment in Chris­topher Nolan’s new block­buster The Odys­sey, a scene so heart­felt that to fully describe it would be to spoil it. It’s enough to know that it fea­tures Matt Damon, as Odys­seus, look­ing deep into the eyes of his...

Why July is Tom Hol­land month

ArticleLeaked nudes

This story is pub­lished in con­junc­tion with the invest­ig­at­ive journ­al­ism col­lect­ive Bellingcat. You can read the full story at bellingcat.com. In 2024, a former track and field coach in Boston, Mas­sachu­setts, was sen­tenced to five years...

Leaked nudes