A cannabis war is brewing in North Taranaki's hill country.

The victims are the local farmers who claim they are being targeted by disgruntled cannabis growers looking for revenge after summer crops were raided by police.

Locals on Kaka Rd, Okoki, say they are being terrorised by late-night vandalism to their property.

Since a police cannabis operation in the area earlier this year, farm sheds and signs have been peppered with bullets, stock has been stolen and shot, farm equipment vandalised, fences cut and trees chopped down over the road, the neighbours say.

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