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Photo: RNZ \/ REECE BAKER\n<\/p>\n
A man in his 60s has been charged over what police say were indecent assaults of high school students and a staff member on Auckland’s North Shore.<\/p>\n
It was the alleged assault of the teacher, last Monday, that led to further charges relating to incidents against students last year.<\/p>\n
The staff member was on duty outside the school on the afternoon of 16 February, relieving Waitemat\u0101 East Area Commander Mike Rickards said.<\/p>\n
“A man has allegedly indecently assaulted the teacher before she confronted him,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The alarm has been raised when other teachers saw this confrontation and immediately contacted 111.”<\/p>\n
Rickards said police responded with urgency and found the man in the Milford area, and he was arrested soon after.<\/p>\n
The 64-year-old was charged with doing an indecent act.<\/p>\n
But that arrest sparked further police enquiries into a series of similar events in November last year.<\/p>\n
“An extensive investigation was carried out to identify a man who had allegedly carried out similar behaviour, directed towards several high school students on the same day,” Rickards said.<\/p>\n
That day was 11 November, and nobody was found at the time.<\/p>\n
But on Friday, detectives laid two more indecent assault charges against the man.<\/p>\n
“The students did the right thing at the end of last year and reported the offending, this information informed the school network so on Monday staff sprang into action.”<\/p>\n
He has also been charged with assault over a separate incident allegedly involving an elderly woman at St Lukes, also in November 2025.<\/p>\n
The man has appeared in the North Shore District Court and will appear again on new charges this Friday.<\/p>\n