Police get little from shooting victim

Police stand outside the Auckland Harbour Oaks Hotel on Gore Street were a woman was shot in the leg. Photo / Greg Bowker

Police have today spoken with the victim of a weekend shooting at an inner-city Auckland hotel "but not a lot of information was forthcoming".

The 29-year-old woman was shot in the leg in a room near the top level of the Auckland Harbour Oaks Hotel in Gore St on Saturday morning.

She was not booked in to stay at the building but was believed to be a guest of one of the two other people in the room.

All three are believed to have been known to the police.

A police spokeswoman said tonight that officers had spoken to the woman in Auckland City Hospital "but not a lot of information was forthcoming". Investigations into the shooting were continuing.

No arrests had been made and a scene investigation was completed yesterday.

Details surrounding the shooting were hazy but police said there was no concerns for public safety, nor any evidence of drugs being manufactured in the room.

Earlier today, Sergeant Graeme Lindner of the Auckland City police said two men identified from CCTV footage in connection to the shooting were yet to be found. Likewise, a weapon was yet to be located.

Mr Lindner said the room -- which had not been confirmed as a hotel room or an apartment -- had been forensically examined.

He said six officers were working on the case -- four from the criminal investigation branch and two from the intelligence unit.

A receptionist at Auckland Harbour Oaks said the building's management were assisting police with their inquiries. She said there was no extra security at the building after the shooting, but only guests with key cards could enter.

Following the shooting, Senior Sergeant Matt Knowsley told the media that police were alerted to the incident by the ambulance service about 10.15am.

Mr Knowsley said officers had established the identity of some "persons of interest" by reviewing CCTV footage, which included movement in corridors and lifts.

It was understood they were Maori or Pacific Islanders.

At the scene yesterday, four ambulances and four police cars were outside the building, which is flanked by a liquor store and beauty parlour.

An officer carrying a Taser at the Auckland Harbour Oaks entrance checked visitors' identification as they entered the building and an armed officer holding a bullet-proof vest was seen leaving the hotel.

Several hotel occupants watched from the balconies of the 392-room, high-rise facility as media and police gathered at the entrance. People going in and out knew little or nothing about what was going on.

One couple staying in the building said they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary - but they were concerned about staying there with the shooter still on the loose.