Man in court after police standoff

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A 37-year-old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in North Shore District Court today following a four-hour stand-off with police on Friday night.

The man, who has interim name suppression, was arrested early on Saturday in a North Shore supermarket carpark armed with an allegedly loaded shotgun.

No shots were fired and no one was injured.

The man has been charged with breaching a protection order involving a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm.

He was remanded to reappear on July 28.

- NZPA