As stated by Detective Sergeant Ryan Cooper, Supervisor: Tactical Crime Unit:
Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a bar on Kensington Avenue in Whangārei last night.
Police were called to the bar at 10pm, after a man entered the bar holding a firearm and demanded money.
The man is reported to have fired a shot towards the roof of the bar and assaulted one of the patrons.
The man then took cash from the bar's tills and left in a car, which had been waiting in the car park.
The injured person was transported to hospital, and they have since been discharged.
The car used by the offender was being driven by a second person and is believed to be a white Toyota Aqua or a similar model. The car had stolen licence plates attached, registration KHA69.
