Charges laid after school fight video appears to show woman waving fake gun

1:45 pm on 28 March 2022

Police have charged a 20-year-old woman with carrying a fake gun with criminal intent and threatening to cause grievous bodily harm, after a video surfaced of a school fight in which a woman is seen waving what appears to be a gun.

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The 20-year-old will appear in the Manukau District Court. Photo: RNZ / Anneke Smith

Police today confirmed the gun was not real, but in fact a starter pistol for athletic races.

The woman will appear in Manukau District Court.

The woman is not a part of Otahuhu School, which the New Zealand Herald said the students involved attended, and the incident last Thursday was not on school grounds and happened after school hours.