Motorists travelling north from Tauranga are warned a stretch of State Highway 2 is closed due to a major police operation involving a shooting overnight.
Police cordoned off the area north of Paeroa at Kerepehi after being called ''to a serious incident''.
Hamilton police Area Commander Inspector Greg Nicholls said in a press conference at Paeroa this morning a man was shot multiple times by police.
The shooting happened following a police call out to a domestic disturbance at a Kerepehi property. When police arrived, occupants of the house fled but stopped on SH2, where police were then fire upon. Police returned gunfire, injuring the man.
"He was shot a number of times," Mr Nicholls said.