Please attribute to Commissioner Richard Chambers:
Police are responding to serious incident in Western Waikato this morning.
Police expect to provide a full update later this morning. Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers is travelling to Waikato and will speak to media.
Further details will be provided as they become available.
ENDS
Media note: Commissioner Richard Chambers is in Melbourne to attend the funeral of Victoria Police members. He will return to New Zealand later today.
Issued by Police Media Centre