Woman's brutal attackers remain on run

A 45-year-old victim suffered a broken jaw and shoulder after being bludgeoned in her own home.

Police are tonight still hunting four men after a middle-aged woman was brutally attacked in her home on Auckland's North Shore early today.

The 45-year-old victim suffered a broken jaw and shoulder, and smashed teeth after being bludgeoned with a blunt instrument in her bedroom.

Three other people in the Glenfield house - a man and two women - were bundled into a separate room while the offenders, whose faces were covered with balaclavas, escaped with laptops and cellphones.

Police believed the attack was not random as one of the offenders used the nickname of one of the occupants of the house, Detective Sergeant Kim Libby said.

He said because of the extent of the woman's injuries "we don't think we'll get to speak to her until tomorrow".

She was taken to Auckland Hospital and was later transferred to Middlemore Hospital.

Police spent the day examining the house and interviewing neighbours.

- NZPA