Police have arrested three people after they were spotted with fake guns near a primary school, prompting it to go into lockdown.
A police spokeswoman said officers found two imitation firearms at a property on Roberts Rd after they were called to the Te Atatū South street about 1.26pm.
Freyburg Community School went into a self-initiated lockdown.
A staff member of the school saw “some young men at a property next door to the school ... filming themselves while playing with toy guns in their yard”, principal Maria Dopheide said.