Police say a Hawke's Bay family are "extremely lucky" a bullet, likely a wayward gunshot, didn't strike them when it flew into their family home.
The family were sitting in their lounge in Puketitiri at 6.45pm on April 21 when they heard a loud bang, Eastern District Police said on Wednesday.
After investigating, they found a bullet from a rifle had entered an exterior wall and become lodged in an internal wall.
Police said it was "likely wayward shot from a hunter's firearm".