Five Injured in Shoot-Out in the Lawless North

Five people were taken to Whangarei Hopsital with serious injuries after a shoot-out in Northland’s capital of Whangarei. At approximately 10.30 on Tuesday night police were called to a Clark Road address in the suburb of Kamo after receiving reports of a shooting. Inspector Justin Rogers, Area Commander for Whangarei/Kaipara told reporters “While the investigation…

More Work For Armed Offenders Squad In Kamo – Updated

New Zealand’s curiously named Armed Offenders Squad (shouldn’t it be defenders?) has again seen action in a call-out in the Whangarei suburb of Kamo this morning (update – there was another AOS call-out in Hamilton later in the day) Residents in the town, located in the country which is supposedly ‘the most peaceful nation on…