Police are hunting for an intruder who was found lying in a woman's bedroom at a Papamoa house.
Tauranga Senior Sergeant Cam Anderson said police were called to a Gravatt Rd house about 1.45pm yesterday.
"A burglar was disturbed at a house in Papamoa and has run off."
He said the woman came across the man lying on the floor inside her bedroom.
The intruder, described as a male Maori, then ran away.