A Northland woman has described being chased by a masked man wielding a hockey stick in her own home as a terrifying experience.
The woman, who was at her rural Matarau home about 13km from Kamo, was woken as a man climbed through the bedroom window about 11.40pm on Friday.
She said he had a hockey stick and chased her down the hallway demanding the keys to her car.
As she ran, she flicked the hall light on and could see the man was wearing a mask and a hooded sweatshirt. He allegedly hit her with the hockey stick before she handed over her keys and he fled through the front door.
"I saw the dark shape coming through the window. It was terrifying, I was screaming 'Don't hurt me' and he was after me. I handed over the keys straight away," she recalled.