Elderly pair shot, chased

An elderly couple were shot at and chased while taking vegetables to a weekend market early yesterday.

About 4.30am, the driver of a red ute appeared from a side road as the couple neared Rotoma, 35km northeast of Rotorua, and tried to ram the couple's ute, police said.

The driver chased the couple and shot twice at them with a shotgun at close range.