A firearms incident reported in Castlecliff, Whanganui, has turned out to be fireworks-related.
A police spokeswoman said police received a report of a firearms incident at 3.03pm on Tuesday.
"A cordon is in place while police work to determine the circumstances and whether a firearm was involved," she said.
About 3.50pm police said it had been determined the noise was from fireworks and the cordons had been stood down.
