{"id":344358,"date":"2026-03-23T22:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/344358\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:58:08","slug":"christchurch-man-dies-after-suspected-copper-theft-from-live-power-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/344358\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch man dies after suspected copper theft from live power box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Emergency services were unable to reach the man immediately as the transformer was still live.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" A man has died after attempting to retrieve copper from a power box in Christchurch\u2019s red zone.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> A man has died after attempting to retrieve copper from a power box in Christchurch\u2019s red zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Power had to be cut to the transformer and about 700 homes before first aid could be provided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">The man was unable to be revived. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile our inquiries are ongoing, this is a reminder of the dangers of power infrastructure and why it should never be interfered with,\u201d Todd said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnyone who sees suspicious activity around power infrastructure should call police immediately on 111.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Brooker Ave in Burwood is part of Christchurch's red zone.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Brooker Ave in Burwood is part of Christchurch&#8217;s red zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis was a traumatic incident and we\u2019re making sure the officers who responded have support.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">The man\u2019s death has been referred to the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services were unable to reach the man immediately as the transformer was still live. A man has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,18296,4487,50545,4201,6179,7126,71,4960,5158,111,43,139,69,10112,180840,8841,14168,28355,49817],"class_list":["post-344358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-box","tag-christchurch","tag-christchurchs","tag-copper","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-from","tag-live","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-power","tag-retrieve","tag-suspected","tag-theft","tag-trying","tag-zone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}