Andrew McLaren and his wife Kathy were in the mall when masked gunmen attacked on Saturday (local time), Accounting in HK killing at least 68 people and wounding more than 175.

 

Mr McLaren, who hails from Hastings, was shot in the back while he lay on the ground with his wife.

 

He is in a stable condition in hospital.

 

Mr McLaren was in Kenya working at a processing factory for his employer Olivado and was due to return to New Zealand this week after work wrapped up in Nairobi.

 

He will now instead undergo surgery and will remain in Kenya until he recovers.

 

Olivado general manager Sarah Nicholls says the attack, which continued into the night on Sunday (local time), was not a normal occurrence in Kenya.

 

"This is a really unfortunate incident that has happened," she told NZ Newswire.

 

"It's very different to what Kenya is."

 

The al-Shabab rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in direct retaliation for Kenya's military intervention in Somalia, where African Union troops are battling the Islamists.

 

Kenyan forces entered Somalia two years ago to fight al-Shabab, and remain in the country as part of an African Union force that is supporting Somalia's internationally backed government.

 

"You know you have to take precautions there registration of company in Hong Kong," Ms Nicholls said.

 

"There are certain places that you go to and you don't go to. The big mall, which caters mostly for ex-pats and wealthy Kenyans, is not one of those places."

 

On Sunday evening (local time), 10 to 15 armed gunmen were still terrorising shoppers in the mall, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

 

He said "many unarmed, badly shaken, innocent civilians" also remained in the mall.

 

The inspector-general of Kenyan police, David Kimaiyo, has been urging hotel owners to check whether guests have returned to their hotels following the attack.

 

More than 1000 people have been rescued from the mall.

 

MFAT said the situation on the ground remains fluid but there is no information to suggest any other New Zealanders were caught in the attack.

 

There are currently 123 New Zealanders registered in Kenya.

 

Words of support for Mr McLaren have begun surfacing on Facebook, with Havelock North Rugby Club one of the first.

 

"Doctors are positive all will be ok," the club said.

 

"We are positive to (sic) and thinking of you both and your families."

 

Ms Nicholls said she had spoken to Mrs McLaren and both she and her injured husband were doing well.

 

The New Zealand High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, is providing consular assistance to the couple.

 

The ministry has updated its travel information for Kenya, Business Registry Hong Kong warning New Zealanders to avoid the Westgate Mall and keep family informed of their well-being.

 

"New Zealanders currently in Nairobi are advised to be particularly security conscious at this time and follow any instructions issued by the local authorities," a spokesman said.

 

One dual Australian-UK citizen was killed in the attack, with reports of several other Australians escaping the mall uninjured.

MP Darien Fenton says most employers want some kind of information about previous job experience ipad waterproof cases.

 

"Workers sacked under the 90-day trial period won't be able to defend themselves because they can be fired without a reason being given," she said on Thursday.

 

"There is no way for a worker to challenge an employer's decision."

 

The government introduced the 90-day trial in April 2011, ip networking giving employers the right to sack workers during that period without risk of any legal challenge and without having to give specific reasons.

 

Ministers said many employers wouldn't take the risk of hiring inexperienced staff without it.

 

The government says it has been a great success but Labour has frequently complained that young workers have been treated ruthlessly and sacked with no reason at all being given wigs natural hair.

The Psychoactive Substances Act passed through parliament in July but police gave service stations, bottle stores and dairies 28 days to strip the products off their shelves.

 

Specialty stores had the same period to apply for an interim licence to sell the goods.

 

Now the law in is full effect any store owners caught selling the drugs illegally face a fine of up to $40,000 and up to three months in jail nu skin product.

 

A company found to be importing or manufacturing could be fined up to $500,000, with individuals spending up to two years behind bars.

 

Sales are restricted to those aged 18 and over, nuskin group advertising is banned outside stores and the products have strict labelling rules.

 

In the first month, both government and police reported a dramatic reduction in the number of retailers selling legal highs.

 

Residents of some towns, including the small Waikato community of Putaruru, banded together to ensure all its stores no longer sold the products.

 

New Zealand follows Australia's New South Wales which instituted a statewide ban on the drugs following the death of teenager Henry Kwan, nu skin hong kong who jumped to his death from a balcony after taking a drug bought online.

 

They immediately called the fire brigade who found the single-storey property well ablaze nu skin product.

 

The house was badly damaged in the fire but the residents escaped with minor smoke inhalation, nuskin a tribute to the benefits of a working smoke alarm, Southern Fire Communications shift manager Riwai Grace says.

 

"Apparently the alarm was only installed on Saturday in a local fire safety drive, which is just amazing," Mr Grace told NZ Newswire.

 

"The work those guys do really is incredible nuskin group. Two days earlier and those people wouldn't have had anything to wake them up. Who knows what would have happened so it's a very happy story indeed."

 

The blaze took firefighters two hours to extinguish, nu skin hk with the property left "severely damaged".

The 12-week-old pup called Milo was killed last night during a crime spree in Auckland suburb Glen Innes, when four homes were targeted nu skin product.

 

The incidents all occurred in the Torrington Crescent region between 9.05pm and 9.35pm.

 

Police say the owners are in various states of ‘shock and grief’ particularly a family of five who lost their ‘much loved’ puppy.

 

Two of the offenders broke into the family home and threatened the male resident before he retreated with his family to a secure room.

 

When he felt it was safe to emerge he discovered a grisly scene in the family lounge where their purebred brown puppy had been removed from his crate and slaughtered.

 

A 16 year-old youth was arrested near the scene after next door neighbours saw him running from the property nuskin.

 

The police tackled and detained him.

 

He will appear in the Auckland Youth Court on Thursday charged with two counts of unlawfully on property.

 

Police believe all four incidents are linked to the same offenders and are appealing for information from anyone not already spoken with about last night's events.

 

The first incident was an attempted burglary by one person nuskin group.

 

The offender was disturbed by two occupants while trying to break into their address and fled.

 

The offenders fled over the fence to the neighbours' property where they challenged the home owner, smashed through a glass door and subsequently killed Milo.

 

Early indications are that no property was stolen from that address which is home to the family of five, including three children aged nine nu skin hk, eight and four.

 

A short time later a woman arriving at her home in nearby Castledine Crescent was confronted by a young man who physically threatened her and subsequently stole her smart phone before fleeing over a fence.