Attempted murder charge follows Wanganui shooting

A 40-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Wanganui on Friday.

Colin Lewis Jackson was arrested in Palmerston North on Saturday after police recognised him while they attended another incident.

He will appear in the Wanganui District Court today.

A man was treated for non-life-threatening shotgun pellet injuries to his side and back and released from hospital.

Meanwhile, a 34-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon after he allegedly shot a man in the face and chest with an air gun.

The incident happened at a rural Okaihau address, near Kerikeri.

Inspector Ian Brooker said the man who was shot was in his forties and known to the alleged offender.

"He received pellet wounds to the face and chest and is being treated for his injuries, which are not life-threatening," he said.

The man will appear in the Whangarei District Court today facing firearms and wounding charges.