Manhunt after violent home invasion

UPDATED 12.23pm: Police are looking for two men following a violent home invasion in Papamoa earlier today.

Detective Sergeant Darryl Brazier said police believed the men involved in the aggravated burglary and assault at the Karewa Prd home this morning were carrying a hammer and a small gun.

Mr Brazier said the men were described as Maori, in their 30s to early 40s.

Police understood two men confronted the three occupants of the house, assaulting one and threatening each of them before leaving with some of their belongings, he said.

Mr Brazier said people in the area should not be worried, as police believed the occupants of the house were known to the men.

Police would like to hear from anyone who has information or sightings of two Maori men riding pushbikes this morning in the Papamoa area.

EARLIER: Police rushed to a Papamoa home this morning following a report involving two men possibly armed with a hammer and a gun who broke in and confronted the occupants inside.

Detective Sergeant Darryl Brazier said police were now talking with the three people who were inside the Karewa Prd home this morning, when the two men were believed to have broken in about 8.40am.

"Two people have come to an address and one was possibly armed with a hammer, another possibly armed with a small handgun, and broke into the address then left the scene a short time later," Mr Brazier told the Bay of Plenty Times.

Police were still in the process of obtaining more information this morning, he said.