Police are searching for a 25-year-old man in connection to the shooting of a young man outside his south Auckland home.
Police warn that Gareth Heron should not be approached and it is believed he has a 0.22 calibre cut-down rifle in his possession.
A 23-year-old victim remains in a critical condition, after being rushed to Middlemore Hospital about 11pm last night.
He was standing at the road outside his East Tamaki home when "he was confronted by an assailant who discharged a firearm at him'', Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher said.
There was concern for the man's survival.