Serious assault, bank robbery in Waitemata District, 2:00pm

North Shore Police have been kept busy attending a serious assault
in Paremoremo and a bank robbery in Birkenhead in the past hours.
Police went to an address at Buckley's Track near Ngarahana Road
in Paremoremo at about 8.00am this morning after reports that a man
had been seriously assaulted.
Soon after their arrival they located a male in mudflats near Lucas Creek.
The man was seriously injured and he was airlifted to Auckland Hospital
by Westpac Rescue Helicopter. The man has serious head lacerations.
Another injured male and a female were also found near the address.
The second man was transported by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital
where he has been receiving treatment for a broken hand. The female
was also taken to Hospital as a precautionary measure then discharged.
Both these two persons are now assisting police with their enquiries into this
incident. Police remain at the scene to continue their forensic examinations.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the North
Shore CIB.
At about noon detectives from the North Shore CIB went to the scene of a bank
robbery at BNZ Bank in Birkenhead. A male has entered the bank and presented
a threatening note to a teller.
The staff member handed the undisguised offender a quantity of cash and the
robber ran from the bank onto Birkenhead Avenue. Police have been searching
the nearby streets and making enquiries in the CBD but so far there's been no
sign of the offender.
Police have issued a description of the robber.
Male - Caucasian
Age about 20's-30's
Medium Build
180 cm tall
Clothing - wearing black beanie with sunglasses on top
Black suit jacket, black trousers, black top under the jacket..
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call North Shore CIB..