{"id":16976,"date":"2026-03-18T12:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16976"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:32:20","slug":"four-teens-charged-after-burglary-and-high-speed-chase-in-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16976","title":{"rendered":"Four teens charged after burglary and high-speed chase in Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four teenagers have been charged over an Auckland home invasion that resulted in a high-speed chase across the city, ending on Karangahape Road with a forced stop.<\/p>\n

The accused – aged between 15 and 17 – are due to appear in the Manukau Youth Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

They face charges of aggravated burglary and the driver has been charged with assaulting a person with a blunt instrument and failing to stop.<\/p>\n

It started with an alleged armed home invasion in the sleepy eastern suburb of Howick and ended with police forcing a stolen ute to stop on Auckland’s Karangahape Road.<\/p>\n

Manukau area commander Shanan Gray said four people, one armed with a machete, carried out the home invasion in Howick before stealing a white Ford ute and heading south, shortly after 3pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The superintendent said the ute reached high speeds and drove dangerously, sometimes on the wrong side of the road, as the four people made their way through Manukau and \u014ctara.<\/p>\n

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Police inspect a Ford ute at the scene.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Kim Baker Wilson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The police helicopter watched from above and Gray said at times, the ute crashed into cars and rammed patrol cars as they headed into the city.<\/p>\n

Members of the police armed offenders squad (AOS) joined in the chase and a sponge round was fired.<\/p>\n

Gray said a police dog was also used in the arrest.<\/p>\n

The drama unfolded in the afternoon as commuters began making their way home from work.<\/p>\n

A shopkeeper who only wanted to be known as Dave said the ute was heading into oncoming traffic when it was stopped.<\/p>\n

“It was like full speed, boom. And the cop’s car … it just hit from the side. At that moment one guy jumped from the car with his hands up.”<\/p>\n

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A crashed car at the scene.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Kim Baker Wilson\/RNZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A bridal shop worker, Jessie, was talking with a client when she heard two collisions outside on the street and what sounded like an explosion and a gun shot.<\/p>\n

“I saw this white ute that had seemingly been the one that had crashed earlier, a bunch of men all kind of piled out of the car and all kind of got down on their stomachs…<\/p>\n

“It had clearly been a police chase that had been going on for a while, because there were lots of police cars and police on them right away, and police dogs as well,” she said.<\/p>\n

The worker said she was pretty shaken and locked the doors to their shop.<\/p>\n

“We’re definitely kind of accustomed to some craziness happening outside on K’Road, so we’re definitely quick to lock our doors on occasions to keep our team and customers safe.<\/p>\n

“But yeah, definitely nothing like this has ever happened before.”<\/p>\n

Two other vehicles were involved in the crash.<\/p>\n

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Photo:\u00a0Kim Baker Wilson\/RNZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She said one of the vehicles that the white ute crashed into looked like it had a young couple in, but she said they looked unhurt.<\/p>\n

“It is extremely lucky that the reckless behaviour of these individuals did not result an anyone suffering serious injuries.”<\/p>\n

Gray said two of the accused needed hospital treatment following the events.<\/p>\n

“The victim of the aggravated burglary in Howick was shaken by the violent event that took place and has been provided support.”<\/p>\n

Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four teenagers have been charged over an Auckland home invasion that resulted in a high-speed chase across the city, ending on Karangahape Road with a forced stop. The accused – aged between 15 and 17 – are due to appear in the Manukau Youth Court on Wednesday. They face charges of aggravated burglary and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16979,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976\/revisions\/16979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}