A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot by police in a north-western suburb of Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, after he allegedly ran at officers armed with a meat cleaver.

The hot spots included Bluff, Riverton, Lower Ōreti, Lake Manapouri, and of course, Lake Te Anau. Cleaver said a lot of the people he saw around the lakes and Bluff tended to be from the rural ...

Police allege the same resident, believed to be in his 40s, ran towards officers with a meat cleaver. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Officers tried to subdue the man by deploying a ...

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