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Whangarei double shooting: House smoulders overnight

07:10 am on 27 July 2017

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The scene at the Whareora end of police cordon Photo: RNZ / Lois Williams

Two women were shot dead and one man escaped with gunshot wounds at a rural Whangarei house on Wednesday. The house remained under police guard overnight. Reporter Lois Williams was at the scene and says police tried all day to get the shooter to respond, before the house caught fire.