{"id":512155,"date":"2026-07-06T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/512155\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:38:10","slug":"appeal-for-witnesses-after-young-man-stabbed-at-whangarei-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/512155\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for witnesses after young man stabbed at Whang\u0101rei party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are seeking assistance from the public after a young man was stabbed and critically injured at a party in Whang\u0101rei last Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/07\/04\/police-enquiries-after-person-seriously-injured-at-whangarei-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were called to Forest View Rd in Te Kamo<\/a> at around 11.50pm to reports of a fight between two people.<\/p>\n<p>Hato Hone St John said an ambulance, a rapid response unit, and a manager were sent to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our crews assessed and treated one patient who was transported to Northland Base Hospital in a critical condition,&#8221; a St John spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The young man underwent surgery and remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant Ryan Cooper said more than 200 people were present at the address but that most had left by the time officers arrived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know there was a fight and a young man has been seriously injured as a result. We also know that there were people there who know those involved and we would like to speak to them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper said the incident appeared to be isolated and that there was no risk to the wider public, adding the investigation team had set up a portal for receiving photos and videos of the altercation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An anonymous online portal has been set up for anyone with footage of the incident itself, or the general area at the time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This incident could have had a tragic outcome and we need the community\u2019s support to assist us in identifying those involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with relevant information should contact 105 or upload footage anonymously <a href=\"https:\/\/forest.nc3.govt.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are seeking assistance from the public after a young man was stabbed and critically injured at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,42,43,1067,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-512155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-northland","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}