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July 28, 2023
RNZ News Three people have been killed in a shooting in Auckland central business district today, including the gunman. Six people were also wounded, including two police officers. Police say the situation is now contained. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told media a witness called the incident in at 7.23am, reporting there was a man with ... <a title="Three dead in Auckland CBD shooting, including gunman, police confirm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/28/three-dead-in-auckland-cbd-shooting-including-gunman-police-confirm/" aria-label="Read more about Three dead in Auckland CBD shooting, including gunman, police confirm">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
RNZ News Two people have been killed in a shooting in Auckland central business district today. At least six people are also wounded, including police officers. Police say the situation is now contained and the shooter is dead. They were alerted to the incident when someone discharged a firearm inside a construction site at about ... <a title="Two people killed in Auckland CBD shooting, gunman dead, NZ police confirm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/two-people-killed-in-auckland-cbd-shooting-gunman-dead-nz-police-confirm/" aria-label="Read more about Two people killed in Auckland CBD shooting, gunman dead, NZ police confirm">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Goroka town is under lockdown and remains tense as Papua New Guinea police mount a heavy presence following the brutal slaying of the PNG Ports chief executive Fego Kiniafa outside the Eastern Highlands provincial capital. Kiniafa was slashed to death at Nagamiufa on Saturday after he allegedly shot a Nagamiufa man. Four men ... <a title="Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/tense-goroka-town-under-lockdown-after-brutal-slaying-of-png-ports-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports chief">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
RNZ Pacific Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot. Police report the shooting occurred at the boy’s residence at the village of Ha’ateiho, on the main island of Tongatapu, last Friday evening local time. The boy’s father has been arrested, but police said the victim died after his ... <a title="Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/seven-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-younger-brother-say-tonga-police/" aria-label="Read more about Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2021
By Sarah Robson, RNZ News Reporter Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday’s New Zealand terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet. The High Court has given his family who live overseas at least 24 hours to seek further suppression orders. The Sri Lankan ... <a title="Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/04/auckland-terrorists-name-suppression-revoked-but-remains-secret-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2020
By RNZ News A woman at the centre of a manhunt after a police shooting in New Zealand yesterday has been arrested in West Auckland. Police said Natalie Bracken was found just after 3pm today, taken into custody without incident, “and is assisting police with enquiries”. Natalie Bracken … in custody. Image: NZ Police/RNZ She ... <a title="NZ police shooting: Second fugitive captured, murder accused in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/20/nz-police-shooting-second-fugitive-captured-murder-accused-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police shooting: Second fugitive captured, murder accused in court">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific’s Melanesian affairs correspondent A West Papuan church leader has been “invited” by Indonesian police to “clarify” an article he wrote about a shooting incident in which a New Zealander was killed. The shooting attack, which occurred at the offices of mining giant Freeport in Papua’s Mimika regency on March 30, ... <a title="West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/west-papuan-church-leader-invited-by-indonesian-police-to-clarify-article/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2019
By RNZ News As the police worked to release victims’ bodies to families by tonight, the first were buried this afternoon. Father and son, 44-year-old Khaled Mustafa and 15-year-old Hamza, were laid to rest in a Janaza service at Memorial Park Cemetery in Linwood. The service started at 12.30pm when the bodies arrived by hearse. ... <a title="Christchurch terror shooting: First victims buried, calls for unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/21/christchurch-terror-shooting-first-victims-buried-calls-for-unity/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch terror shooting: First victims buried, calls for unity">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2019
Police Commissioner Mike Bush … suspect was apprehended on the way to another target. Image: Rebekah Parsons-King/RNZ By RNZ Police Commissioner Mike Bush says police knew where the suspect from the Christchurch mosque attacks was going after the New Zealand shootings and intervened. During a media conference today, Bush gave further details of the police ... <a title="Gunman arrested ‘within 21 minutes’ and saved lives, says police chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/20/gunman-arrested-within-21-minutes-and-saved-lives-says-police-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Gunman arrested ‘within 21 minutes’ and saved lives, says police chief">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2019
Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report, profiles the Christchurch atrocity that has outraged and shaken a peaceful South Pacific nation. Out of the blue:It was 1:39pm, Friday March 15. As was usual for a Friday, hundreds of people had turned up to pray at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, Christchurch. All was peaceful, women, ... <a title="Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/19/christchurch-terrorism-attacks-nzs-darkest-hour-friday-march-15-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2019
“Massacre shame of Facebook” banner headline in the London Daily Mail at the weekend. Image: PMC screenshot By RNZ More than 50 New Zealand companies are considering pulling ads from Facebook because it allowed a livestream of the Christchurch massacre last Friday. Some firms have already stopped advertising and the Association of New Zealand Advertisers ... <a title="Christchurch terror attacks: NZ advertisers to pull social media ads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/19/christchurch-terror-attacks-nz-advertisers-to-pull-social-media-ads/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch terror attacks: NZ advertisers to pull social media ads">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Zaed Mustafa’s father and brother were killed during the Christchurch terror attacks. Image: Diego Opatowski/RNZ By Katy Gosset of RNZ A Syrian-born woman whose husband and son were killed in Friday’s terror attacks says her family was told New Zealand was the safest country in the world. For Salwa Mustafa, a slim woman in a ... <a title="NZ ‘chose us to come here … to die here’, says grieving Syrian mother" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/nz-chose-us-to-come-here-to-die-here-says-grieving-syrian-mother/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ‘chose us to come here … to die here’, says grieving Syrian mother">Read more</a>
