“Joe Ben’s 17-year-old daughter was scootering along Māngere‘s Hokianga St to Aorere College on Monday when she was hit by a vehicle at the Portage Rd turn-off, about 1km from the school campus. Hato Hone St John said they were alerted at 8.48am and took one person to Middlemore Hospital in moderate condition. “A neighbour helped my daughter and stopped the car ... and said ‘don’t leave until the police come’,” Ben said. The crash was on the corner of Hokianga St and Portage Rd, about 1km from Aorere College in Māngere. The incident adds to a wave of road accidents involving children injured while travelling to or from school since they returned to class this year.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2026 09:37 UTC