14 Jan 2020

Police name two shot dead in Castlepoint

12:13 pm on 14 January 2020

Police have named the two people who died in a firearms incident near Castlepoint in Wairarapa yesterday.

Police were called to the Tinui property just before 5.30am.

Police were called to the Tinui property just before 5.30am. Photo: RNZ

They were Jody Ratima, 48, and James Teddy, 54.

Armed police were called to a rural home on Masterton-Castlepoint Road early yesterday morning after reports of shots and found the two bodies.

Post-mortems will be carried out in Wellington today.

Police found a firearm at the address and are not looking for any other weapons.