3 Jul 2023

Standoff with youths on rooftop ends

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 3 July 2023

The five remaining young people on the roof of an Auckland youth justice facility in Wiri in South Auckland have come down last night.

Eight had originally climbed onto the roof at Korowai Manaaki centre on Saturday, five were still up there last night, but three of them came down at about 6:30pm, and the final two chose to come down just after 10:30pm.

All of these young people are safe, off site and in Police custody.

The Children's and Corrections Minister, Kelvin Davis, spoke to Corin Dann.