Police have charged a man and a woman, and are looking for a second man, after a gunpoint robbery at Mangonui.
The two who have been arrested have been charged with aggravated robbery with further charges possible.
A police spokesperson said three people, one of them armed with a .22 rifle, entered the victims' home at 10.55pm on Thursday.
A 45-year-old woman was struck in the head or face with the butt and barrel of the rifle, the woman then attacking her with a pair of fencing pliers.
The third offender also assaulted her.