Hastings police are investigating a shooting in the suburb of Mahora.
Senior Sergeant Stuart Fleming says they were called to a house in the suburb on Wednesday night and found a 48-year-old woman with firearm wounds to a shoulder.
He says she was admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital, where she is in a stable condition.
Senior Sgt Fleming says detectives are conducting a scene examination on Thursday and interviewing people who lived in the house.