Matthew Dennis Hunt

Matthew Dennis Hunt, (30 July 1991 – 19 June 2020) was a constable of the New Zealand Police[1] who was shot dead while performing a routine traffic stop in the Auckland suburb of Massey at the age of 28.[2][3]

Matthew Dennis Hunt
Born30 July 1991
New Zealand
Died19 June 2020
Massey, Auckland, New Zealand
Police career
CountryNew Zealand Police
Service years2017–2020
RankConstable

Early life

Hunt was raised alongside his sister Elanor by his mother Diane in the Hibiscus Coast where he attended Orewa College.[4]

Service in the New Zealand Police

Hunt joined the New Zealand police in October 2017 and was part of Wing 312 at the Royal New Zealand Police College at Papakowhai, the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand.[3][4] He spent most of his time as a frontline officer at Orewa and Helensville stations before transferring to the Waitematā Road Policing Team based at the Harbour Bridge Police Station.[3][5]

Funeral

Hunt's funeral was held on 9 July 2020, at which an estimated 1500 members of the New Zealand Police gathered at Eden Park, Auckland.[6]

At his funeral there was a guard of honour, a haka performed by the New Zealand Police, a piper and a saluting police officer in an eagle helicopter.[6]

References
  1. Funeral service for slain Auckland police officer Matthew Hunt, retrieved 10 July 2020
  2. "Massey, west Auckland shooting: Offender still on the loose, police officer confirmed dead - Police Commissioner". Newshub. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. "Police name officer killed in Massey shooting as Constable Matthew Hunt". TVNZ. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. chelsea.boyle@nzherald.co.nz, Chelsea Boyle Reporter, NZ Herald (19 June 2020). "Slain police officer in west Auckland named as Constable Matthew Dennis Hunt". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "Officer shot dead in Auckland named". Otago Daily Times Online News. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. "'We, together, will never forget him'". New Zealand Police. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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