Reports of a man with a gun plunged four North Shore schools into lockdown today, as police swarmed the area.
About 11am, Takapuna Grammar, Belmont Intermediate, Belmont Primary and Bayswater Primary were called by the Ministry of Education and told to stay inside and lock the doors.
The instruction was lifted less than an hour later. Armed police have spent much of the day surrounding a home on a nearby street. Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is in Belmont.
