A primary school in Waipukurau was in lock down for 15 minutes today while the Armed Offenders Squad unsuccessfully searched for a 26-year-old man with several arrest warrants outstanding.
In 2013 Zane Lewis hid behind his 1-year-old son to shield himself from pepper spray.
Today police believed Lewis in house at Kowhai Place and had "access to weapons".
A patched gang member in the back of one of several police cars was "helping with enquiries".
Holt Place was blocked to traffic by at least two police cars shortly after 2pm. Around the corner in Redwood Dr were another three police cars and a police van.