Man in critical condition after Napier stabbing

Hawke’s Bay stabbing one of five such Saturday night incidents nationwide

Aman in his early 40s is in a critical condition at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, after a fifth overnight stabbing in various locations nationwide.

A Hawke’s Bay District Health Board spokeswoman said the man was in the hospital’s intensive care unit and was critical.

“He’s in his early 40s.”

A police spokeswoman said the man presented at Napier Medical Centre on Wellesley Rd about 10pm on Saturday.

“He was rushed to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in an ambulance, in a serious condition.”

Police are making inquiries. The stabbing was the fifth in three separate incidents reported to police on Saturday night.

A person died after being stabbed in the Far North shortly before 9pm.

Police arrived at the Moerewa address at 8.45pm to find the stabbing victim with a critical injury. The person died at the scene shortly after.

The alleged offender was known to the victim.

At the other end of the country, a woman is dead and two other people — the attacker and one other — are in a critical condition after a stabbing incident in Christchurch.

The attack happened on Ilam Rd, in the suburb of Ilam.

Police arrived at the scene shortly before 7.50pm.

The deceased woman and a man had allegedly been stabbed by a second man, who had then turned the knife on himself.

All three people were known to each other. Police were not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.

Cordons were in place around the scene.