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ISSUE
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Volume 17 . Issue 33
Police are responding to a serious incident in South Auckland, which left at least two people dead.
"At about 1.45pm, emergency services responded to reports of a woman unresponsive at an address on Gambare Place," police wrote on Facebook.
"Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
"During a search of the property police have located a man who was also pronounced deceased."
Cordons are in place on Mahia Road in Wattle Downs.
Members of the public are advised to avoid the area.
The incident prompted multiple schools to go into lockdown.
Te Haikura a Kiwa confirmed the lockdown on Thursday afternoon.
"Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to and this may cause disruption to the management of this incident and could potentially place yourselves and/or our staff and student's safety at risk," the school wrote at the time.
Leabank Primary School, which is located across the road, also went into lockdown. Both have since come out of lockdown.
"We have come out of lockdown and all students, staff, and persons on-site are safely accounted for. Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions," Leabank Principal Caroline McLeod posted on social media.
"A notice will be going out to parents/caregivers tonight to provide some more information on what has occurred today."
Police are responding to a serious incident in South Auckland, which left at least two people dead.
"At about 1.45pm, emergency services responded to reports of a woman unresponsive at an address on Gambare Place," police wrote on Facebook.
"Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police are responding to a serious incident in South Auckland, which left at least two people dead.
"At about 1.45pm, emergency services responded to reports of a woman unresponsive at an address on Gambare Place," police wrote on Facebook.
"Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
"During a search of the property police have located a man who was also pronounced deceased."
Cordons are in place on Mahia Road in Wattle Downs.
Members of the public are advised to avoid the area.
The incident prompted multiple schools to go into lockdown.
Te Haikura a Kiwa confirmed the lockdown on Thursday afternoon.
"Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to and this may cause disruption to the management of this incident and could potentially place yourselves and/or our staff and student's safety at risk," the school wrote at the time.
Leabank Primary School, which is located across the road, also went into lockdown. Both have since come out of lockdown.
"We have come out of lockdown and all students, staff, and persons on-site are safely accounted for. Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions," Leabank Principal Caroline McLeod posted on social media.
"A notice will be going out to parents/caregivers tonight to provide some more information on what has occurred today."
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