Reports on social media claim a 3-month-old baby had been kidnapped.
Police say reports of a three-month old child being kidnapped in Hamilton are false.
Detective Inspector Gary Lendrum said police received information last night that a woman and her 3-month-old child had been abducted.
As a result of some extensive police enquiries and the execution of search warrants in Waikato,it was discovered that the information passed to police was false.
The woman and her child were located this morning in Auckland, safe and well and unaware of the situation or the search for them.
Two men and a woman are now assisting police with their enquiries and police cannot rule out the possibility of charges being laid.
Armed police earlier searched a Hamilton street following the kidnapping reports.
She said they knocked on her door and asked her if she had anyone inside and then told her to lock herself in.
She said her neighbour was a man aged in his late 30s who kept to himself.
"I've never come across anything like this before."
The house that police attendeded appeared to be a small unit down a right of way.
Earlier, the Armed Offenders Squad were at the scene, stopping traffic and pedestrians, but have since left, along with the majority of police officers.
