{"id":617906,"date":"2026-10-01T23:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617906\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T23:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:52:10","slug":"three-people-dead-body-seen-lying-on-porch-of-home-in-aucklands-papatoetoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617906\/","title":{"rendered":"Three people dead, body seen lying on porch of home in Auckland’s Papatoetoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people are dead following a “serious incident”<\/a> in Auckland’s Papatoetoe.<\/p>\n

It comes after a man told RNZ he saw a body lying on the front porch of his neighbour’s home as police and ambulances arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n

Police responded to the scene on Cambridge Terrace after receiving a call at 6.40pm on Thursday about a dead person at an address, Detective Inspector Karen Bright said.<\/p>\n

Do you know more? Email iwitness@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n

On arrival, Bright said police located the person and two others who were found dead in the home.<\/p>\n

“While our investigation is in the early stages, we are not currently looking for anyone else in connection to what has occurred.”<\/p>\n

Bright said police didn’t believe there was any risk to the wider public.<\/p>\n

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RNZ \/ Felix Walton<\/p>\n

“We are waiting for the completion of the scene examination, which will help us piece together the circumstances that led to this tragic event,” Bright said.<\/p>\n

“Police recognise events like this hit at the hearts of our communities, and we are doing everything we can to answer the many questions around this devastating incident.”<\/p>\n

Quentin Fenton told RNZ he saw ambulances and police start showing up before seeing a body lying on a front porch and “blood everywhere”.<\/p>\n

Ten minutes earlier, Fenton had sent his children up to the shops. They walked past the neighbour’s house and waved to a man outside, who smiled back at them.<\/p>\n

Fenton said those who live in the house are “good people” who have helped him jump start his car.<\/p>\n

He said the incident was a “big shock” and “too close to home”.<\/p>\n

\"Cordons<\/p>\n

RNZ \/ Felix Walton<\/p>\n

“I’ve got four kids myself, just a bit freaked out by this.”<\/p>\n

Fenton said it was “all a bit surreal” and “too much”.<\/p>\n

Manukau Ward councillor Alf Filipaina said he had spoken to a senior district police officer who reiterated that there’s no concern for the wider community.<\/p>\n

Filipaina, who was himself in the police for over 38 years, is concerned by reports that members of the public saw a dead body at the property.<\/p>\n

“My humble suggestion, being in the police for quite a few years and seeing quite a few incidents that people should never see, is just to seek help for themselves as well, it’s just so important to do that.<\/p>\n

“That’ll be the message and you know, just talk to each other about it as well because that’ll help.”<\/p>\n

Bright said police were providing wraparound care to the whan\u0101u of those who had died as well as neighbours.<\/p>\n

“Residents can expect to see an increased police presence in the area while the investigation continues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people are dead following a “serious incident” in Auckland’s Papatoetoe. It comes after a man told RNZ…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-617906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617906","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=617906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}