Hundreds of people are expected to gather for a public memorial service this week dedicated to the victims and survivors of last Monday's Work and Income shootings.

An investigation is underway after a bomb threat hoax at the Foxton Work and Income office last night.

Police investigating the double fatal Work and Income shooting in Ashburton say they have found a mountainbike and personal items which may belong to the suspect.

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett and Work and Income staff were among about 300 mourners at the funeral of Susan Leigh Cleveland in Alexandra today.

The morning began like all others for three women in the Winz office.

Public servants will observe two minutes of silence at 9.51am on Monday to remember those who lost their lives a week earlier in the Ashburton Work and Income shootings.

Police investigating the Work and Income murders had possession of the alleged shooter's gun for two days before telling the public they had located it.

A security review of Work and Income offices is being carried out following the double shooting at an Ashburton office on Monday.

As the small town of Ashburton comes to grips with yesterday's horror shooting, locals are turning their attention to planning memorials to honour the slain.

Accused limps into court as police refuse to say if the weapon used in the shootings had been recovered, while another office is locked down after a threat.

Paula Bennett says "there's lots of tears" for shooting victims as she reveals accused gunman had rejected further help from Work and Income.

Farmer Dan White knew a gunman was on the loose when he went to move a mob of sheep. He saw a man in a paddock 20m away.

The suspect at the centre of yesterday's triple shooting was a sick, homeless man who had returned to Ashburton to die.

Ashburton residents can sleep easy tonight after a suspected gunman who allegedly shot dead two Work and Income workers and injured another was take into police custody.

A witness to today's shooting tragedy in Ashburton said he saw a staff member from Work and Income run after the shooter yelling "You bastard, you've blown her to bits".

Suspect in shooting had said he wanted Winston Peters to investigate town's treatment of him.

Five fire appliances are battling a large blaze at an animal feed store in an industrial park in west Ashburton this morning.

A post-mortem will be carried out this morning on a man's body found in Ashburton.

'She's a brave wee girl', say police of an eight-year-old who was grabbed from her driveway and put in a car before she managed to escape.

Promising up and coming jockey Ashley Frye has been rushed to hospital following a fall during a race at the Ashburton Racecourse this afternoon.

A hearing scheduled for the teenager who killed young Ashburton mother Sina Solomona has been postponed.

Firefighters were this morning still battling a large blaze which ripped through hundreds of hay bales and threatened a house near Ashburton overnight.

An Ashburton fugitive caught after 10 days on the run appeared in court today on family violence charges.

Canterbury firefighters didn't get much sleep last night with six rural fire around Ashburton, four of which may be linked and are being treated as suspicious.