Crime in the City: Assaults in Auckland CBD skyrocket post-Covid lockdown

Elizabeth Binning
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Senior Journalist·NZ Herald·
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Crime in the City: Assaults in Auckland CBD skyrocket post-Covid lockdown
The Team Policing units maintain a presence on Fort Street on a Saturday night. Photo / Mike Scott

* Auckland: 'The guy punched me in my eye for no reason'
* Wellington: 'He knows because it's under $20 he's not going to get arrested'
* Christchurch: 'I missed my granddaughter's 21st': Assault victim still struggling

More than 1000 people have been assaulted in Auckland's

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