A man has been arrested following a four-hour siege, in which he allegedly kept three people hostage on the New South Wales South Coast.

Police were called to a home on Holloway Road, South Nowra, shortly before 7pm on Friday, following reports that a man had forced his way in with an axe.

Officers say the 24-year-old man stopped a 53-year-old woman and two 49-year-old men from leaving.

Three other women were able to flee before police arrived.

Specialist police from the Tactical Operations Unit stormed the home at 11:15pm and arrested the man.

He was treated at the scene by paramedics for lower-body injuries before being taken to Shoalhaven Hospital under police guard.

The woman was treated for a minor arm injury, while both men were taken to hospital in a stable condition with mino

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