{"id":292471,"date":"2026-02-19T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292471\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:41:08","slug":"armed-police-at-scene-after-assault-puts-porirua-schools-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/292471\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed police at scene after assault puts Porirua schools in lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nArmed police remain at the scene (file image).
\nPhoto: RNZ\/ Calvin Samuel\n<\/p>\n

Police are now appealing for the public’s help after an assault in Porirua, which placed nearby schools in lockdown, and left one person with moderate injuries.<\/p>\n

Police remain in the area on Friday and some are armed.<\/p>\n

In a statement, K\u0101piti-Mana Area Commander Inspector Ren\u00e9e Perkins said officers were called to Dido Place in Cannons Creek about 7.40am on Friday.<\/p>\n

Nearby schools were placed in lockdown while police attended.<\/p>\n

The lockdowns have since been lifted.<\/p>\n

Perkins said the alleged assault has left one person with moderate injuries and they are in hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

“An investigation into the incident is underway.<\/p>\n

“A number of police staff remain at the scene and some are armed as a precaution.”<\/p>\n

There was no risk to the public, she said.<\/p>\n

Police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, as well as those who were in and around Dido Place and nearby areas at the time of the incident, Inspector Perkins said.<\/p>\n

Information can be provided via 105, quoting the reference number 260220\/7899.<\/p>\n

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n

Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero, a daily newsletter<\/a> curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armed police remain at the scene (file image). Photo: RNZ\/ Calvin Samuel Police are now appealing for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-292471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}