On Wednesday, a police spokeswoman said 35-year-old woman, Ria Slater, had been charged with careless use of a firearm causing injury. It is understood Slater appeared before a court registrar in the Christchurch District Court on Wednesday and was set to reappear on June 9. The spokeswoman said the man remained in hospital on Wednesday morning but for privacy reasons she was unable to provide information about his condition. A neighbour, who lives across the road from the property, earlier told
Stuff she had heard a man screaming and yelling about 10pm on May 1.
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Worried resident Ashleigh Newth talks to Stuff about the weekend s death at a Christchurch social housing complex.
Examples of social housing in Aranui, Christchurch.
New data has laid bare clusters of social housing across Christchurch. While some suburbs have no social housing, Aranui has 469 state-owned homes. In the second of three investigations, STEVEN WALTON talks to residents and decision-makers about where social housing is built and why. Zhane Neho, a mother to two daughters aged 3 and 5, says Aranui can be a harsh place to live. A lot of “random stuff” happens. “You can hear yelling out on the street,” she says. “Or one time we’ve had gunshots out here and, you know, I was in the kitchen cooking.”
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