Update 3.52: "One person has been taken into custody and the cordons have been stood down, says a police spokesperson.

"They will be processed in due course."

Original report 2:50: Police are speaking to a disqualified driver to encourage them to exit their vehicle, says a police spokesperson.

"A cordon is in place at the scene and Police ask the public to avoid the area."

A caller to 0800SUNLIVE says there are about nine police cars at a property on Maunganui Road.

"I've just come out of the BP petrol station by the Hewletts Road flyover near Golf Road, and the traffic has stopped.

"There are no fire engines or ambulances, but there are police wearing helmets with visors. About nine police cars there," says the SunLive reader.

"A school kid tried to walk past and he couldn't, so walked back and told me police are all at a house there."

Traffic is reported to be building up in the area.

"The traffic that's coming from Hewlett Road over the flyover going to Bayfair is still free flowing, but no one is allowed past the incident on Maunganui Road, so all the traffic in the left lane travelling from Mount Maunganui to Bayfair on Maunganui Road has stopped."

Another SunLive reader says the cars have not moved for nearly half an hour.

Google Maps screenshot at 3.30pm.

SunLive will provide an update when more information is provided.

At the scene?

Phone 0800SUNLIVE or email newsroom@thesun.co.nz