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\nPolice were called to a house on Newcastle St in Mahia at 11.30pm on February 28. (File photo)
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Marika Khabazi\n<\/p>\n
A man who was struck in the head and face with a golf club after entering a house in Hawke’s Bay and seriously assaulting a person is being sought by police.<\/p>\n
Police were called to address on Newcastle St in Mahia, at 11.30 pm on February 28 after a man entered the property and seriously assaulted a person.<\/p>\n
Another person in the house confronted the man – hitting him with a golf club – and injuring his head and face, police said.<\/p>\n
The man then fled on a dark-coloured side-by-side quadbike.<\/p>\n
Detective Sergeant Joshua Jones said police were looking for man in his 30s or 40s with short black hair and a receding hairline.<\/p>\n
The man was nearly six foot three inches tall – of chubby build – and wearing a white singlet and jeans at the time of the assault.<\/p>\n
“This is a very serious incident that has happened in a place where the victim should have been able to feel safe.<\/p>\n
“The victim sustained serious injuries, and both occupants are understandably very shaken by the incident,” Jones said.<\/p>\n
Police were asking anyone who may have seen a person matching the description – possibly with unexplained head injuries – or who spotted the quad bike in the Newcastle and Weld St areas, near the time of the assault, to get in touch.<\/p>\n