{"id":563450,"date":"2026-08-09T04:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/563450\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T04:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:36:09","slug":"alleged-stabbing-in-auckland-cbd-leaves-person-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/563450\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged stabbing in Auckland CBD leaves person in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two people are in custody after an alleged stabbing in Auckland overnight that left one person in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Police were called to Karangahape Rd near Pitt St around 4.20am.<\/p>\n

St John said it sent one ambulance, one rapid response unit and one manager to the scene. One person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in critical condition. <\/p>\n

Inquiries were ongoing to establish the exact circumstances of the incident, police said. <\/p>\n

In a statement, newly formed residents’ group Karangahape Precinct Collective said the alleged incident had “added urgency to longstanding concerns about safety and anti-social behaviour” in parts of the strip.<\/p>\n

“This has happened against a backdrop of concerns residents have been raising about specific behaviours in parts of the precinct, including crime, open drug use, reports of drug dealing and persistent anti-social behaviour, during the day as well as overnight,” chairman William Keung said.<\/p>\n

“Our concern is with the behaviour occurring in public spaces and its impact on residents, businesses and people using the area, not with people’s circumstances.<\/p>\n

“We raised these concerns publicly several weeks ago and have yet to see a coordinated response. With the CRL opening<\/a> approaching, we now want to see those concerns translated into action.”<\/p>\n

The collective called for a stronger police presence in the precinct during the day and overnight, as well as better lighting on the main street and in known problem areas. <\/p>\n

“Auckland and the Government have made an extraordinary investment below ground at Karangahape Rd. We need to make sure people feel safe and welcome when they come above ground.<\/p>\n

“We want the CRL to be a huge success for K’ Rd. This is about getting the right agencies around the table and acting before there is another serious incident.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people are in custody after an alleged stabbing in Auckland overnight that left one person in critical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-563450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563450","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=563450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}