One man is dead and another person is critically injured following two shooting incidents around the Waikato town of Matamata overnight.
Waikato field crime manager, Detective Inspector Karl Thornton, said emergency services were called to a Mowbray Rd address in Waharoa shortly after 11pm.
"A woman had rung 111 to report that her 20-year-old boyfriend had been shot by an offender who then fled the property in a utility vehicle," Mr Thornton said.
"Police secured the scene to allow ambulance staff to treat the victim who was then airlifted to Waikato Hospital where he is currently in a critical but stable condition."
Mr Thornton said police, including the Waikato Armed Offenders Squad, searched the Matamata and nearby Waharoa areas, and found the body of another man at an address on Tower Road, Matamata, about 3.20am.