Emergency services at the scene. Photo: Supplied
A Waikanae resident has described hearing raised voices and what sounded like gunshots before the street was flooded with police.
Emergency services were called to a property on Kakariki Grove just before 3.30pm on Wednesday.
A neighbour told RNZ police were still at a house on Thursday morning, and a street cordon remains in place.
They said they were outside yesterday afternoon when they heard loud voices and what "appeared to be a gunshot".
"Then the screaming got louder and there was a second shot, I think."
A police car on Kakariki Grove in Waikanae. Photo: Supplied
The person said the commotion was followed by the sound of cars "taking off down the street".
The street remained closed for several hours yesterday the neighbour said, but has since opened to residents only.
They said neighbours were a little bit nervous and shaken up.
Another neighbour told RNZ armed police were stationed outside the property on Thursday morning.
"They're the big guns, not the small ones."
They said there were tents and plastic on the ground at the house and residents were signing in and out of the street cordon.
Residents were "battening down," they said.
"It's kinda freaky."
Wellington Free Ambulance confirmed it attended an incident on Kakariki Grove.
RNZ has contacted police for comment.
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