10 Aug 2020

Serious violence on rise at Wellington's Courtenay Place

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 10 August 2020

Police say Wellington's entertainment district is witnessing more and more episodes of serious violence.

On Saturday, a mass brawl broke out on the corner of Courtenay Place and Taranaki Street, leaving one person with serious injuries.

Local businesses, police and a youth safety group says since the end of lockdown, there's been a big rise in the number of people out late in central Wellington as well as a higher level of drunkenness.

Harry Lock reports.