About 80 people in Levin are still out of their homes today, as the police continue to negotiate with a man involved in a self-harm-related incident.

Bledisloe Street residents have told RNZ there may have been a bomb threat but this has not been confirmed by police.

The mayor Bernie Wanden declined to talk until police can de-escalate the situation.

RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham was at the scene and spoke to Charlotte Cook.