A Hastings woman has been sentenced to six months and two weeks jail for spitting in the face of a police officer during an arrest.

Chris Cahill said in the past 18 months the association had worked closely with police to develop a process to deal with fatal police shootings.

Police have found a loaded sawn-off shotgun hidden by the side of a child's bed in Dunedin.

Chris Cahill commented on RNZ's Morning Report.

Police have arrested 16 people, including a Mongrel Mob leader, and seized $1 million in assets in Hawke's Bay on Tuesday morning.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said there had been a significant drop in the number of level 2 breaches, compared to life under level 3.