Porirua siege a year on: did arsonist mean to torch house where Pita Te Kira died? NZ POLICE Pita Te Kira was 29 when he went on the run from police and holed up in a Porirua state house for 26 hours. After 26A Kokiri Cres burned down, Chrissy Leggott warned the same would happen across the road. Number 13 Kokiri Cres, the state house where gunman Pita Te Kira died after a 26-hour standoff with police a year ago has long been repaired. ROSS GIBLIN/FAIRFAX NZ A year after the Porirua siege, a child plays outside the unit where gunman Pita Te Kira was holed up for two days but found dead.

Source: Stuff April 21, 2017 07:14 UTC