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RNZ News
19-06-2025
- RNZ News
Cordons lifted in central Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill after police incident
Police used distraction tactics to separate a man and woman during a family harm incident in Mt Roskill, following a standoff. They said a man has now been taken into custody and nobody was injured. An RNZ reporter at the scene of the incident on White Swan Road, said police confirmed the Eagle Helicopter circling above was used to identify an opportunity for distraction techniques to be deployed. Four loud noises were heard at 4.07pm but it's unclear if they were gunshots. Police closed off a section of White Swan Road before 1pm as officers responded to a family harm incident. Cordons were in place between Ellis Ave and Richardson Rd as officers attempted to engage with an individual in a nearby house. Photo: Marika Khabazi The reporter said earlier an officer armed with a sniper was deployed outside a house, monitoring the situation from a distance. Some residents living on the section of White Swan Road where the incident had unfolded were unable to return to their homes and had been told by police to stay away in the meantime. About a dozen White Swan Road residents, including parents with children who had just finished school, were not allowed to enter the cordons to get home. One resident said they'd been given no information on how long the road would be blocked for. The principal of Lynfield College was at the scene, trying to help students who weren't able to return home. Kath Knell said the school would be providing a safe place for students while they waited. It's understood the school, along with Marshall Laing Primary School, had not needed to lock down. WHITE SWAN RD, MOUNT ROSKILL - FINAL UPDATE - 5:00PM White Swan Rd is now OPEN in both directions. All buses have resumed their regular routes. Allow extra time for delays in the area to ease. ^ND All cordons in the area where lifted just before 5pm. After the four-hour stand-off, an Auckland man was arrested on family-harm charges. Police have since confirmed that, despite not being injured, the man was taken to hospital for observation. St John said it took one person to hospital in a moderate condition, while another was assessed at the scene and was also in a moderate condition. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
With demonstrations & candlelight vigils, Indians living abroad protest Pahalgam attack
1 2 Bhubaneswar: The terror attack in Pahalgam has sent shockwaves across the globe with Indians living in Auckland (New Zealand), London and Swindon (United Kingdom) and Brampton (Canada) organising marches and candlelight vigils in protest against the heinous act. Holding placards with messages like 'In memory of the Kashmir victims gone but never forgotten', 'We stand for peace' and 'Stop the violence against innocents', the Indian diaspora waved the national flag, shouted slogans like 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', and carried the photographs of the victims along with their names to express solidarity with people back home. "The incident has left us all shell-shocked. It felt that the victims were one of us. It could have happened to us as my family was planning to visit Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. Did not expect this to happen in new India," said Rahul Chopra, head of the department of commerce at Lynfield College, Auckland. Chopra, a second generation Indian living in New Zealand, attended the hour-long candlelight vigil organised by the Indian diaspora at Aotea Square, Auckland. Like him, most members of the diaspora feel it is important to stand with India in this hour of crisis. "It is very important to show our strength and raise our voice, otherwise the world will not listen to us," said Sukant Sahu, a member of Odisha Society of the United Kingdom, who took part in a solemn commemorative ceremony organised at the Indian High Commission in London in memory of those killed. There were at least 250 people inside the hall with many standing outside, said Sahu. Also present at the ceremony were minister of state for parliamentary affairs L Murugan, UK minister Catherine West, Conservative MP Bob Blackman and Indian high commissioner to UK, Vikram K Doraiswami, along with members of the Jewish community. Protests were also organised in Swindon, Reading and Bournemouth in the UK that saw a sizeable gathering. "All those who died had gone to Kashmir to spend quality time with their families, but were killed by terrorists. This is injustice," said Gayatri Lokhande nee Panigrahi, who participated in the Swindon protest and the Indian High Commission memorial service. Indians across the world feel that "difficult times require difficult decisions" and in this case silence is not an option. A protester at Bournemouth said, "Staying quiet now means we have accepted the injustice." Indians in London are also planning more protests after a Pakistani diplomat allegedly made threatening gestures at them during their peaceful demonstration in front of the Pakistan High Commission on Friday afternoon. A candlelight vigil was also organised at Brampton, Canada.
