A man is helping with inquiries after another man was shot in the leg in Whanganui, police say.
The injured man was taken to hospital about 2.30pm after an incident at a house, the police said in a statement.
At 8pm, in a second statement, they said Simon Nelley - who had been sought in relation to the incident - had handed himself in.
The firearm had been recovered and nobody else was being sought, they said.