A 35-year-old man is in police custody after being holed up in a house in a King Country town for more than 12 hours.
Police and the Armed Offenders Squad were called to a property in Te Kuiti on Saturday night where a man was in a house, reportedly with a shotgun, refusing to come out.
The area was cordoned off as police negotiators spoke to the man for much of the night.
At about 10 am on Sunday he was taken into custody without incident.
Cordons had now been stood down.
The man will appear in court on Monday facing firearms charges.
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