New Zealand’s reputation as a safe country took another blow today when six people were arrested in the middle class Auckland suburb of North Shore. According to a report in the NZ Herald neighbours called police after a shot was heard at a premises on Stott Avenue, Birkdale. Police cordoned off the street and A…
Local police are collecting evidence after a firearm incident at around 5.15am last Saturday morning in Kaikoura. Police Sargent Barry Hansen said a man pulled a firearm on another man and “chased him round town” he didn’t have any information as to whether the two men were known to each other. Senior constable, Andy Grant, in…
Armed Offender Squad officers have cordoned off a Wanganui street after at least three gun shots were heard. The NZ Herald reported “At 2.45 this afternoon emergency services were called to the Wanganui suburb of Aramoho following reports of gunshots being fired. A man was spotted walking around with a gun but he has since left the…
Two teenage males aged 17 and 19 have been arrested for the murder of Scottish journalist Phillip Cottrell. Two youths have already been charged for assault. They are a 17 year old youth whose name has since been suppressed and Nicho Allan Waipuka, 19. Neighbours in the Wellington suburb of Lower Hutt (Farmer Crescent) told…
New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to live has taken another knock with the news that a Whangarei supermarket (above) was held up by a man with a shotgun on Monday night. Not the sort of thing you’d expect to happen when you’re queuing up in your slippers to pay for your daily milk…
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