'My heart is going like the clappers': Nervous wait for parents as New Plymouth Boys' High School in lockdown following threat

A threat has caused New Plymouth Boys' High School to go into lockdown.

Police said the threat was made on Tuesday morning, first being alerted to it at 9.50am.

"The high school has gone into lockdown as a precaution.

"Police are in the area working to determine the veracity of the threat."

A mum standing outside the school said she is concerned for her son who is inside.

Parents said they had been sent no communication from the school, with more than an hour past since the lockdown began.

"Absolutely I'm concerned, my heart is going like the clappers, but obviously there's nothing I can do.

"As soon as I saw there was an incident happening, I came."

Student Tess was waiting tearfully outside the school while her boyfriend was stuck in lockdown.

Tess said she was really scared for her boyfriend's safety.

"I was walking back from my Math NCEA level exam, and I came up the hill and there was a load of cop cars coming.

"I am really concerned, just for the safety of my boyfriend personally, but also everybody inside."

Police said they were still looking into the threat.

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