Afternoon Headlines | Kids cut off at Banks Peninsula, review of powers over aggressive dogs and police probe Tauranga man’s death | Tuesday, February 18, 2026A man has been charged with presenting a firearm after a shot was allegedly fired at occupants of a boat from another vessel on Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour. Armed police officers boarded a boat in the harbour yesterday after reports were received of a firearm being discharged by a boatie in the harbour’s upper reaches, north of Hobsonville Point, about 9.30am. Police said the incident had escalated from an altercation between the two vessels’ occupants on the open water. Having taken the man into custody while seizing “an item of interest” from the vessel, police have now confirmed an air rifle was located onboard.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 18, 2026 07:07 UTC