Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER
Armed police have blocked off a section of a rural road near Te Puke, after a person was seriously injured in an incident this morning.
Police say the person went to the Te Puke medical centre with serious injuries, and was transferred to Tauranga Hospital.
The armed offenders squad are in the Manoeka Road area, and officers are making enquiries, police say.
An orchard owner who lives on Manoeka Road says they were stopped by police when they tried to drive into the Te Puke town center.
He says police told him it’s dangerous and asked him to return home.
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