When a New Zealand woman came face to face with a black drone in the darkness outside her bedroom window she was not alone.

The late-night incident now has Marita Maass​ of Upper Hutt considering selling her home.

The Civil Aviation Authority has had an increase of complaints about drones being flown near houses.

Information released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) under the Official Information Act show that she was far from alone with her run-in with a drone flown by an unknown operator. It seems drones frequently breach privacy to the extent that authorities are called in.

One, whose privacy was invaded from the air, fired at a drone with a shotgun and another threatened to shoot one from the sky. Earlier this year a man from Motueka on the south island said a peaceful stroll turned "really creepy" after a mysterious drone followed his family along the beach.