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Left: Armed Offenders Squad members come off duty this morning, and (right) gunman Jan Molenaar. Photos / Richard Robinson / Supplied

Left: Armed Offenders Squad members come off duty this morning, and (right) gunman Jan Molenaar. Photos / Richard Robinson / Supplied

16.22pm: Police have named the neighbour who was wounded when going to the aid of officers involved in the initial tangle with gunman Jan Molenaar on Thursday morning.

He is Leonard Holmwood, 44, of Napier.

Police have said Mr Holmwood was shot when trying to disarm Molenaar as he fired at officers at his property on Chaucer Rd, Napier Hill. Senior Constable Len Snee was killed and two other officers critically injured.

2.55pm: Police went into the house and found Molenaar's dead body barricaded in a room at the back of the house. The say the house it still rigged with explosives.

2.00pm: Police are currently holding a press conference on the end of the siege.

1.34pm: Police say the room where Jan Molenaar was found was one of several which had been difficult for police to view or access.

Superintendent Sam Hoyle said police were not able to immediately say how Molenaar died, but the house was still considered to be dangerous and needed to be cleared by specialist staff.

12.35pm: Molenaar has been found dead in his bedroom, say police. The siege is now over.

12.18pm: A resident with a direct view of Jan Molenaar's house says a tank-like army vehicle is in the driveway with its nose pointed into the driveway, just 12 to 15 feet away from Molenaar's front window.

"There's no way they could be doing this without getting fired upon," Wayne Rollinson said.

"It's over."

12.01pm: There have been fresh explosions at the scene of the Napier siege in the past few minutes.

Herald reporters at the scene say two explosions, about three minutes apart, just shook the street.

11.28am: Police are concerned Molenaar's house may be booby-trapped.

There have been suggestions that Molenaar may have used his military experience to booby-trap his house and police have been cautious about entering.

Police Superintendent Sam Hoyle said specialist equipment capable of detecting explosives was being rounded up and would be used to examine the house before entry.

11.13am: A Herald journalist at the scene, Steven Orsbourn, says several AOS members with gas masks are making their way up to the Molenaar house.