{"id":648569,"date":"2026-11-02T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648569\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T08:16:09","slug":"horns-into-early-hours-as-league-fans-celebrate-police-arrest-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648569\/","title":{"rendered":"Horns into early hours as league fans celebrate, police arrest nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">Police arrested nine people as tens of thousands of fans celebrated in South Auckland after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/11\/02\/tonga-beat-samoa-in-rugby-league-world-cup-thriller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tonga snatched a 20-18 Rugby League World Cup win over Samoa<\/a> in Sydney last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Superintendent Shanan Gray said most supporters celebrated peacefully and lawfully, but police were disappointed by how a minority behaved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cIt was concerning for police to witness individuals putting themselves and others in harm\u2019s way with high-risk behaviours, including running into roads, poor driving choices and public intoxication,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Gray said noise from loudspeakers and car horns had gone on into the early hours of the morning in some areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cThis is unacceptable, and it has a significant impact on the wellbeing of local residents and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The nine arrests were for disorder-related offending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police said 160 staff had been deployed last night only for gatherings linked to the tournament. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Gray said this placed significant demand on police resources, and he asked fans to think about how their actions affected the whole community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">\u201cThe message from police is clear: celebrations don\u2019t override expectations. Gatherings and those attending them must be safe, lawful and respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Police will keep a visible presence in town centres to monitor celebrations and keep supporters and the public safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police arrested nine people as tens of thousands of fans celebrated in South Auckland after Tonga snatched a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-648569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","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\/648569","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=648569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}