A man has serious injuries after a shooting in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa in the early hours of this morning.

Armed police are guarding the scene and a cordon has been set up at the end of a driveway on Gibbs Road in Manurewa.

Emergency services were called to an address at 3.45am.

Police said a person was taken to hospital with serious injuries and inquiries are ongoing.

It comes less than 36 hours after a man was shot and died in the Auckland suburb of _tara.

That incident resulted in armed police guarding the scene all of yesterday.

A man has been charged with murder in relation to the _tara death.

It's not known whether the incidents are related.

[Source: RNZ]