Boy racer resurgence: Can police get a handle of decades-old problem?

An 18-year-old Canterbury woman has died after the car she was riding in crashed while fleeing police. 

The accident came after police had arrived at the scene of an illegal street racing meetup in Fernside early on Sunday morning. 

While it has been some time since boy racers have made national headlines, there has been a resurgence in the street racing community in Christchurch after dying down over Covid.  

This latest tragedy further highlights the difficulty politicians and police have faced over the decades in trying to crack down on this problem.  

Today on The Front Page, NZ Herald reporter Nathan Morton is here to give us the latest on Christchurch’s boy racer problem, and if there are any hopes of putting a stop to it once and for all.  

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