Court documents state Kiel-Pirini first showed up at Middlemore Hospital with a hand injury on the afternoon of January 4 last year. Menacing drive-by, then gunfireThe victim, on crutches, was walking towards the hospital when Kiel-Pirini’s vehicle drove slowly past. Tipene Kiel-Pirini fired a gun during a confrontation in the Middlemore Hospital carpark. Photo / Doug SherringAnother associate of the Mongrel Mob member, who had initially remained in the Holden, then emerged wearing a balaclava. Of course, that doesn’t excuse having returned to the hospital with a loaded gun, both lawyers and the judge agreed.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 19, 2026 16:39 UTC