{"id":632563,"date":"2026-10-16T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632563\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:12:11","slug":"police-boost-presence-across-canterbury-as-gang-funerals-take-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632563\/","title":{"rendered":"Police boost presence across Canterbury as gang funerals take place"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arrested person\u2019s vehicle was impounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur role is to ensure the safety of all while allowing wh\u0101nau and friends the space to grieve peacefully,\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n

Police said they would maintain a visible presence where needed and follow up on reports of unlawful activity.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows the deaths of Glen \u201cLizard\u201d Tukaki, a former president of the Devils Henchmen Motorcycle Club\u2019s Christchurch chapter, and Nigel \u201cRooster\u201d Robinson.<\/p>\n

The pair died at Guthrey Courts in Phillipstown early on Saturday. Two other people were seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Rodney Stewart Smith, 58, appeared in the Christchurch District Court<\/a> this week charged with two counts of murder, attempted murder and wounding with intent.<\/p>\n

He was remanded in custody without plea and is due to appear in the High Court on October 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The arrested person\u2019s vehicle was impounded. \u201cOur role is to ensure the safety of all while allowing wh\u0101nau…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,806,11231,8126,4731,34292,1328,83644,2510,111,43,139,1536,69,1523,6744,675,4494,199,165],"class_list":["post-632563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-across","tag-as","tag-boost","tag-canterbury","tag-days","tag-funerals","tag-gang","tag-increasing","tag-multiple","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-place","tag-police","tag-presence","tag-take","tag-their"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632563","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=632563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}