Main North Road / Langdons Road outside the Papanui Police Station was closed for a time on Thursday evening due to a suspicious item, but “the item turned out to be of no risk to the public”. Thanks to the person to alerted Think Papanui to this story:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/…/bomb-squad-called-to-suspicious-i…
Bomb squad called to suspicious item outside Papanui police station in Christchurch
“Suspicious package proves to be harmless as police lift the cordon around a Christchurch station.”