Police are on the hunt for a 38-year-old man with links to Waihi in relation to a firearms incident in Paeroa.
They are looking for Tawhai Peake, who was allegedly involved in an incident that saw a number of officers head to the scene of a Paeroa address on Tuesday.
The Tauranga armed offenders squad were called to reports of a person with a firearm.
Officers were deployed about 7pm to a fight at a Paeroa address that had escalated.