Locals react to Mt Tongariro eruption

A section of an Auckland suburb was cordoned off and homes evacuated as armed police searched a house as part of the hunt for alleged gunman Rollie Heke. / NZN Video

Ollie Dousset, 25, was fishing for snapper with his friend Joe Emmerton off the coast of Sydney’s Manly Beach when something much bigger came into view. Being winter in Australia the rope technician didn’t have his swimming trunks so instead he threw caution — and his clothes — to the wind and took the plunge with the underwater giant starkers. Source: Caters

Auckland Police AOS staff are currently at a Mount Albert address conducting a search warrant. Due to concerns for firearms, some nearby residents have been evacuated and cordons are currently in place. Source: NZN Video