Two dead in serious incident in South Auckland, schools go into lockdown

Police are responding to a serious incident in South Auckland, which left at least two people dead."At about 1.45pm, emergency services responded to reports of a woman unresponsive at an address on Gambare Place," police wrote on Facebook."Sadly, she was pronounced dead at the scene."During a search of the property police have located a man who was also pronounced deceased."Cordons are in place on Mahia Road in Wattle Downs.Members of the public are advised to avoid the area.The incident prompted multiple schools to go into lockdown.Te Haikura a Kiwa confirmed the lockdown on Thursday afternoon."Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to and this may cause disruption to the management of this incident and could potentially place yourselves and/or ou