{"id":618112,"date":"2026-10-02T04:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618112\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T04:40:12","slug":"three-family-members-found-dead-in-aucklands-papatoetoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618112\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Three family members’ found dead in Auckland’s Papatoetoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland Police say the three people found dead in Papatoetoe are family members.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to social media, Counties Manukau District Commander Superintendent Shanan Gray said their condolences were with the family of those who had died.<\/p>\n

“I know the family at this time will be reeling at the loss of three family members,” Gray said.<\/p>\n

Police were supporting the family, he said.<\/p>\n

Gray reassured the community that it was an isolated incident, and there was no ongoing risk to the public.<\/p>\n

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

Earlier, 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

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 jumpstart his car.<\/p>\n

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

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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 was 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland Police say the three people found dead in Papatoetoe are family members. In a video posted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-618112","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\/618112","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=618112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}