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Appeal for information following serious assault in Wellington

Churton Park assault investigated
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Wellington Police investigating a number of serious assaults in Churton Park are appealing for information that may assist in identifying the men pictured.

On Saturday 13 December 2025, Police were called to a premises in Churton Park where a gathering was taking place.

“Around 90 young people were in attendance of the supervised invitation-only gathering, where at around 10.30pm four people arrived uninvited. The alleged offenders were masked, and one was armed with a weapon”, said Acting Detective Sergeant Laura Murdoch.

“The alleged offenders have then conducted a planned, violent, unprovoked assault on seven young people in attendance of the gathering before fleeing the area.

Churton Park assault investigated
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“The seven people received a range of injuries, from minor bruising to a fractured skull which required surgery. They are now all home and recovering from their injuries.



“Police have been speaking with the victims, and the large number of witnesses at the gathering.

“Our enquiries into the incident have established the alleged offenders attended the Mobil Gas Station in Johnsonville around 20 minutes prior to the assault.

“An 18-year-old Tawa man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts including wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, assault with intent to injure, and common assault. He is due to appear in Wellington District Court on 29 January 2026.

“Police are now appealing for information from the public that may help us in identifying the three people pictured as we believe they could assist in our enquiries.

“One man is wearing a ‘36’ Pittsburgh Steelers NFL jersey, light coloured denim shorts, and blue and white basketball sneakers.

“The second man is wearing a black hoodie with ‘Lakers’ printed on the front, dark-coloured shorts, white sneakers, and has a diamante stud earring in their left ear.

“A third person cannot be seen in the images, however, has been described as wearing a grey hoodie, beige / grey shorts, and black sneakers.

“If you know who these men may be, or attended the gathering, please get in touch with us online at 105.police.govt.nz, clicking ‘Update Report’, using the reference number 251217/8772.”

Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers online or through 0800 555 111.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. Mixed race have a higher propensity towards violence
    Which sentiments crime statistics echo as in various other areas and as a proven scientific fact
    Not of their Own volition but conjured up out of sin
    Sin remaineth in flesh
    Which the problem will persist until YHWHSUA returns – Again
    After the tares have been gathered into bundles and burnt (Matthew 13:30) and the wicked exonerated from the face of the earth
    Miscegenation
    Do not alter
    Adultery isn’t just shagging the neighbors wife
    These people have an identity problem and are caught up in the equation of that problem
    Much to Our misfortune
    Like the Tea Party Maori not a race and not indigenous being completely counterfeit and fraudulent – truth in plain sight – a charade that needs to end after a poor performance – a NZ tragedy
    Mixed race is no race not of ancestry descent but of a generation
    This or that
    Or what is not
    The beat goes on

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