Police are making inquiries after two unprovoked assaults in Queenstown early on Sunday allegedly carried out by members of the same group, understood to be a gang. Sergeant Steve Watt, of Queenstown, said ''quite a few'' of the group was in town over the weekend. "[He's been] punched repeatedly and whilst on the ground kicked a couple of times.'' "We've got some good CCTV footage of that area, thankfully, and we're going to be making some inquiries as to those offenders. Then at 2.45am members of the same group allegedly assaulted a bouncer on Shotover St."He was knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched whilst on the [ground] by a group of four males.''

Source: Otago Daily Times March 17, 2019 20:37 UTC