News | Education
30 Jun 2025 12:53
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Education

    A  33-year-old man fatally attacked at an Auckland bus stop - was a US entomology PHD student, possibly out looking for insects

    A 33-year-old man fatally attacked at an Auckland bus stop - was a US entomology PHD student, possibly out looking for insects


    He was killed on Meadowbank's St Johns Road on Saturday night.

    Police say they're hunting two offenders -- with motive for the assault unclear.

    Our newsroom understands the victim had been here about four years - studying at the University of Auckland.

    Sources say he was known to scour Meadowbank beaches, reserves and bus stops for insects, often at night.

    Last year, English-born entomologist Stephen Thorpe was killed in Blockhouse Bay - during his daily search for specimens.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Education News
     28 Jun: Air New Zealand's ready to fly nearly 750-thousand customers this school holidays
     28 Jun: The voices inside Iran the regime doesn't want you to hear
     27 Jun: More than 17 schools around Nelson and Tasman are closed, due to the wet weather
     26 Jun: Whose story is being told — and why? 4 questions museum visitors should ask themselves this school holidays
     25 Jun: Auckland City's amateurs have held Argentina's professional Boca Juniors to a 1-all Club World Cup draw in Nashville, despite shipping 16 goals from their previous two matches
     25 Jun: A union says the Public Service Minister's making overblown claims about teacher salaries
     24 Jun: Thailand ramps up border restrictions with Cambodia, with tourists blocked from crossing
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting's made four changes to his 33-woman squad for the side's final outings before their World Cup defence, starting August 23 More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    A former financial advisor's pleaded guilty to stealing from elderly clients - after a Financial Markets Authority investigation More...


     Today's News

    		 National:
    Survey shows support for electoral reform now at 60% – so could it happen? 12:37

     National:
    RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have 12:27

     Business:
    A former financial advisor's pleaded guilty to stealing from elderly clients - after a Financial Markets Authority investigation 12:27

     National:
    Celebrities, blue jeans and couture: how Anna Wintour changed fashion over 37 years at Vogue 12:17

     National:
    Mommy dearest? Molly Jong-Fast’s blistering memoir of her ‘always performing’ mother Erica is hilarious and moving 12:07

     Rugby:
    Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting's made four changes to his 33-woman squad for the side's final outings before their World Cup defence, starting August 23 11:57

     Basketball:
    Basketballer LeBron James is set for a record 23rd season in the NBA 11:57

     General:
    A post-Paris lull is over for kayak cross Olympic champion Finn Butcher 11:47

     Sailing:
    Rower Logan Ullrich has won his first World Cup title in the single sculls at Lucerne, while in Prague kayak cross paddler Finn Butcher has added a maiden World Cup title to his Olympic gold 11:27

     Motoring:
    F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Lando Norris beats Oscar Piastri to race win, Carlos Sainz out after car catches fire in pits 11:17

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd