20 May 2022

Police stood down after alert at Wellington's Tawa College days after attack

10:40 am on 20 May 2022

Police say officers have now been stood down from a call out to Tawa College, after the school went into lockdown this morning.

Tawa College

Tawa College. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

The college went into lockdown for a second time, just days after an attack sent the school into lockdown earlier this week.

In a message on its website posted at 9.22am, it said it would update the community as soon as it could.

Police said they were responding to a report of a possible firearms incident at 9.20am.

They were stood down just after 10am.

The school went into lockdown on Tuesday after an attack involving a student.