12 Mar 2023

Four injured as police block off streets in Pukekohe after firearm incident

7:42 pm on 12 March 2023
Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.  Police Emergency tape.

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

Police will continue their investigations into a shooting in a southern Auckland town earlier today.

The cordons have been lifted around Birdwood Road East in Pukekohe, where four people were shot this afternoon.

The four remain in hospital, in minor to moderate conditions.

Police say they will maintain a presence in the area overnight.

When police arrived at the scene Birdwood Road East at about 1pm, they found four people with "minor to moderate" injuries.