Former Police Commissioner Mike Bush, MNZM, and retired Detective Senior Sergeant David Harvey from Christchurch recognised with Royal Honours.

Police say an incident where a man died from a shooting in Grafton is also related to a scene at St Johns Road.

The dramatic moment shots were fired between police and a fleeing driver in the Bay of Plenty have been captured on security camera.

Shots were fired and elderly people nearly run over during a dramatic high-speed police chase in the Bay of Plenty.

Police have confirmed they shot back at a gunman who used two cars to lead officers on a dramatic police chase through the Bay of Plenty today.

Andrew Coster says there would have to be a "very high threshold" for him to change his belief that our police should not be routinely armed.