Manhunt launched in Philippines after New Zealand tourist shot dead in robbery

Investigators at the site where New Zealander Nicholas Peter Stacey was shot by robbers in Makati, Philippines (Public Information Office, National Capital Region Police Office/AP)

A manhunt is underway in the Philippines after two motorcycle-riding men shot and killed a New Zealand tourist in a daytime street robbery – which officials fear could scare foreign holidaymakers away.

Nicholas Peter Stacey, 34, was hit once in the chest while trying to wrestle a pistol from one of the men who held him and his Filipina girlfriend up in Manila’s Makati financial district on Sunday, police major general Jonnel Estomo said.