{"id":615550,"date":"2026-09-29T17:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615550\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:44:26","slug":"canterbury-ev-charging-stations-vandalised-in-suspected-cable-metal-theft-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/615550\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury EV charging stations vandalised in suspected cable-metal theft bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lisa Hannifin, Meridian chief customer officer, said the power company was \u201creally disappointed\u201d the stations had been vandalised.<\/p>\n

Hannifin said staff were working closely with authorities and had shared images of \u201csuspected thieves\u201d with scrap metal yards. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working closely with authorities, connecting with other charging providers who have been impacted by similar incidents, and sharing images of suspected thieves with scrap metal yards.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OneOne of the Meridian charging stations that was impacted. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Hannifin said Meridian had also invested in additional security measures to better protect the network, including modifications that can trace cables.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile some cables have since been replaced, this damage is hugely frustrating and disruptive for our customers,\u201d Hannifin said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s hard to understand why people commit these sorts of acts \u2013 cables have limited value, and their theft or damage generally ends with arrests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have been approached for comment. <\/p>\n

In August, several brass memorial plaques were taken<\/a> from across Christchurch city.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Lane Todd, metro commander, said at the time the plaques were taken from the Latimer Square and the Bridge of Remembrance areas sometime overnight on August 11-12.<\/p>\n

Christchurch City Council confirmed it was aware a brass plaque had been taken and was seeking a replacement that would deter future thefts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lisa Hannifin, Meridian chief customer officer, said the power company was \u201creally disappointed\u201d the stations had been vandalised.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2840,1554,1558,1040,138,303213,47608,8126,38143,14037,18930,71,305,78,2944,7462,2510,111,139,69,12418,8841,199,14168,29262,6845],"class_list":["post-615550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-across","tag-alleged","tag-been","tag-bid","tag-business","tag-cablemetal","tag-cables","tag-canterbury","tag-charging","tag-electric","tag-ev","tag-from","tag-have","tag-in","tag-inside","tag-metals","tag-multiple","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-stations","tag-suspected","tag-take","tag-theft","tag-vandalised","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615550","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=615550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}