A sole police officer has been shot at by a male driver in Whangārei.
Emergency services, including the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) and police back up, were called after a police pursuit ended with a male driver firing multiple shots at a police car and officer.
None of the shots hit the patrol vehicle and fortunately the officer was not injured, Northland District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill said.
At 2.13am this morning, a vehicle with two occupants pulled into a checkpoint but drove off before police could speak with the driver.
Shortly after, the driver of the vehicle fired a shot into the air, the vehicle then stopped shortly after and the driver fired a number of shots at the police unit from the vehicle, Hill said.