Stuff understands. Turia was a “501” deportee who had spent much of his life in Australia before being sent back to New Zealand in 2017. He was on bail awaiting sentencing at Manukau District Court, scheduled for March 26, when he died. Abigail Dougherty/Stuff A police cordon blocking the connection between Birdwood and Avis avenues following the shooting. Court documents show Turia was one of three men charged with robbing a Kiwibank branch at Manukau Westfield mall of $6100 on February 20, 2020. At the time, police said the trio used a sledgehammer to smash their way into the bank in a “very violent robbery”.