Police say they are making 'steady progress' with their investigation into the group of Auckland teenagers who boasted online about having sex with drunk, and in some cases, underage girls.
Detective Inspector Karyn Malthus said on Thursday that the team was talking to several girls and the priority was their privacy, health and wellbeing. She said police were offering access to support services.Police had said they'd been monitoring the west Auckland group of 17- and 18-year-olds since 2011, but had not been able to lay charges because of a lack of evidence, despite one of the girls laying a formal complaint.
A petition has also been presented to the Government asking for justice for the young women who were victimised by the group.
It was signed by more than 110,000 people in two weeks and given to National MP Louise Upston on the steps of Parliament on Thursday afternoon.