{"id":649279,"date":"2026-11-03T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649279\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:02:11","slug":"manhunt-underway-after-two-wounded-by-weapon-in-auckland-burglary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649279\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt underway after two &#8216;wounded by weapon&#8217; in Auckland burglary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A manhunt is underway after two people were &#8220;wounded by a weapon&#8221; during a burglary in Auckland&#8217;s Avondale this morning. <\/p>\n<p>Police said a group was socialising at a house on Ahiriri Avenue at around 3.20am when two unknown men approached. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A physical altercation ensued, and two people were wounded by a weapon one of the males had in his possession,&#8221; Detective Senior Sergeant Rebecca Kirk said. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/police-at-the-scene-of-a-robbery-in-aucklands-avondale-where-DUATH2JD55DVFFC2PNZPV543VM.jpg\" alt=\"Police at the scene of a robbery in Auckland's Avondale where two people were wounded. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Police at the scene of a robbery in Auckland&#8217;s Avondale where two people were wounded.  (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n<p>The duo then unsuccessfully tried to steal from the property, fleeing in a vehicle before police arrived. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two victims were transported to hospital in serious conditions, and enquiries are ongoing to locate those responsible,&#8221; Kirk said. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information was asked to contact police by calling 105. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds including warnings about price hikes amid a proposed crackdown, and the number one secret to happiness. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A manhunt is underway after two people were &#8220;wounded by a weapon&#8221; during a burglary in Auckland&#8217;s Avondale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-649279","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\/649279","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=649279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}