{"id":634831,"date":"2026-10-19T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:44:10","slug":"dancing-cop-goes-viral-at-rugby-league-samoan-celebrations-in-henderson-mall-carpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634831\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing cop goes viral at Rugby League Samoan celebrations in Henderson mall carpark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe\u2019d also like to remind people that backing your team and country should not compromise anyone\u2019s safety, whether you are in your vehicle or taking part in public place celebrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cProudly showcase your support with flags outside your vehicle, while ensuring all passengers remain safely inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whiu advised people to look after each other and those around them. <\/p>\n

With the Rugby League World Cup underway, police warned fans to celebrate safely and respectfully.<\/p>\n

At previous tournaments, over-enthusiastic fans caused significant disruption by crowding streets, hanging out of moving cars, \u201ccar surfing\u201d and fighting.<\/p>\n

During celebrations in 2022, police were called to several incidents involving vehicles.<\/p>\n

\"AA TikTok video, filmed at the Westfield Henderson carpark, shows a police officer waving the Samoan flag while dancing and engaging with the community. Photo \/ luckyUce<\/p>\n

One person was seriously injured after they slid off a moving car they were sitting on and were run over<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the 2017 World Cup, six people were arrested after a brawl involving about 200 Samoan and Tongan supporters in an \u014ctara carpark. Disorder had also been reported in \u014ct\u0101huhu and M\u0101ngere.<\/p>\n

Police said this behaviour puts people at risk and they\u2019ll be visible in parts of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington during the month-long tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh-risk driving behaviours, including riding on top of vehicles or on bonnets, and hanging out of windows, can have serious consequences. Drivers are responsible for their passengers and their actions,\u201d Superintendent Riki Whiu said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBacking your team and country should not compromise anyone\u2019s safety.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 2026 cup, being hosted in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, runs until November 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019d also like to remind people that backing your team and country should not compromise anyone\u2019s safety, whether…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28358,1975,26665,6799,75031,22970,7502,9517,18161,15213,17628,71,5275,22220,27497,47836,78,14731,52058,111,139,69,10932,675,6327,20153,213,5143,377,80],"class_list":["post-634831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alongside","tag-at","tag-carpark","tag-cars","tag-celebrations","tag-cop","tag-dancing","tag-fans","tag-fever","tag-flags","tag-flying","tag-from","tag-goes","tag-going","tag-grips","tag-henderson","tag-in","tag-league","tag-mall","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-officer","tag-police","tag-rugby","tag-samoan","tag-sports","tag-viral","tag-world","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634831","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=634831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}