A man the police say appears to have accidentally shot himself in the stomach is now in a stable condition following surgery at Nelson Hospital.
The Armed Offenders squad found the 23-year old man with a gunshot wound to his stomach at an address in Pah Street in Motueka at 4am on Thursday.
Today the police completed a scene examination and are interviewing people associated with the property.
They say the injured man faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.