New Zealand / Auckland Region

Woman on roof in Auckland taken into custody

13:24 pm on 4 January 2019

A woman has been taken into police custody after standing on the roof of a house in the Auckland suburb of Māngere Bridge.

Earlier today, police said they were at an incident where a person was standing on the roof of a house.

Officers talked with the person.

On social media, residents posted about seeing a lot of police officers and a helicopter circling the area.

The woman spent about two hours on the roof before she came down.