Armed police have cordoned off part of central Kerikeri this evening after a gunpoint robbery at the Homestead Tavern.
A police spokesman said two people had entered the pub, pointed a rifle at staff and demanded money about 9pm. They had then left on foot with an unknown quantity of cash.
The bar staff were shaken but physically unharmed.
Armed police were stationed on Kerikeri Rd, between Caltex service station and the John Butler Centre, and on Fairway Drive, between the Northern Advocate office and the roast shop.
They were turning back traffic and keeping pedestrians off Homestead Rd until a police tracking dog arrived about 9.30pm.
