Police are investigating reports of a shooting at a backpackers hostel in Paihia.
The incident occurred at a Kings Rd hostel around 2.15pm on Tuesday.
Armed police initially sealed off a section of Marsden Rd, later shifting the cordons to the entrances of Kings Rd and McMurray Rd.
No one was injured and both the offender and the person who was shot at were thought to have left before police arrived.