Police have named the officer killed in yesterday's fatal shooting in the West Auckland suburb of Massey as Constable Matthew Dennis Hunt.
Constable Hunt, 28, had been a member of the New Zealand Police, part of Wing 312 since October 2017.
He spent the majority of his career as a frontline officer with both the Orewa and Helensville stations, before moving into the Waitematā Road Policing Team.
Constable Hunt's family also released a short statement, in remembrance of their fallen son and brother.
"He attended Orewa College and it was his life-long dream to be a Police officer," the Hunt family said.
"He also spent time living in the United Kingdom before he returned to New Zealand to join Police. Matthew was a person of great integrity.
"His closest friends were like his brothers and sisters and they along with his family are absolutely heartbroken by what has happened."
A man in his 20s will appear in the Waitakere District Court this morning, charged with Constable Hunt's murder.
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