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While the [[Crimes Act 1961]] allows a person to use reasonable force to defend oneself or another person against assault or entry into a dwelling house, that force needs to be proportionate to any force being used to effect the assault or entry and not excessive.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/whole.html |title= Crimes Act 1961 |work= New Zealand Legislation Online |publisher= Parliamentary Counsel Office |access-date= 22 March 2019}}</ref>{{rp|48–56}} Preemptive action in anticipation of a threat or retribution after the threat has passed are both considered excessive force by the courts. Even police actions when confronting armed offenders that results in death or injury of anyone are thoroughly investigated by the police, the [[Independent Police Conduct Authority]] and, in cases of death, the coroner.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police watchdog says it will probably stop describing police shootings as 'justified' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/99575848/ipca-considers-changing-the-way-it-reports-on-police-shootings |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Stuff |date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Edward |title=Coroner's inquest starts into Myers Park police shooting |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/340701/coroner-s-inquest-starts-into-myers-park-police-shooting |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Radio NZ |date=2 October 2017}}</ref> |
While the [[Crimes Act 1961]] allows a person to use reasonable force to defend oneself or another person against assault or entry into a dwelling house, that force needs to be proportionate to any force being used to effect the assault or entry and not excessive.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/whole.html |title= Crimes Act 1961 |work= New Zealand Legislation Online |publisher= Parliamentary Counsel Office |access-date= 22 March 2019}}</ref>{{rp|48–56}} Preemptive action in anticipation of a threat or retribution after the threat has passed are both considered excessive force by the courts. Even police actions when confronting armed offenders that results in death or injury of anyone are thoroughly investigated by the police, the [[Independent Police Conduct Authority]] and, in cases of death, the coroner.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police watchdog says it will probably stop describing police shootings as 'justified' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/99575848/ipca-considers-changing-the-way-it-reports-on-police-shootings |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Stuff |date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Edward |title=Coroner's inquest starts into Myers Park police shooting |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/340701/coroner-s-inquest-starts-into-myers-park-police-shooting |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=Radio NZ |date=2 October 2017}}</ref> |
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There have been a number of cases where a member of the public has been justified in discharging a firearm that injured or killed an assailant. In 2006 a gun shop employee shot a machete-wielding armed robber with a handgun that was hidden under the counter. The court dismissed the charges that police laid.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tapaleao |first=Vaimoana |date=25 August 2010 |title=What the law says on self defence |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10668648 |work=New Zealand Herald |location=Auckland |access-date=21 January 2019 }}</ref> In April 2009, a Chinese restaurant and takeaways shop owner shot a masked armed robber with the robber's own gun after |
There have been a number of cases where a member of the public has been justified in discharging a firearm that injured or killed an assailant. In 2006 a gun shop employee shot a machete-wielding armed robber with a handgun that was hidden under the counter. The court dismissed the charges that police laid.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tapaleao |first=Vaimoana |date=25 August 2010 |title=What the law says on self defence |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10668648 |work=New Zealand Herald |location=Auckland |access-date=21 January 2019 }}</ref> In April 2009, a Chinese restaurant and takeaways shop owner shot a masked armed robber with the robber's own gun after wresting it from him. Police decided against laying charges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tapaleao |first1=Vaimoana |title=What the law says on self defence |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10668648 |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=NZ Herald |date=22 August 2010}}</ref> |
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