A local man has told of seeing a body lying on a grass verge in the Auckland suburb of Albany after a stabbing in which a woman was killed and two other people critically injured.
A 45-year-old man has been arrested.
A manhunt across the North Shore was launched after the incident at Mahoney Drive, Albany, about 9am. Police have it described as family violence related.
A resident who lives in the street where the incident happened told Radio New Zealand the police had cordoned off the area, and that he had seen somebody lying on the verge.
“I assume it was a body lying on the grass verge. The ambulance took off and didn't pick it up so I guess it's a deceased body,” he said.
An Auckland Hospital spokesperson said one victim was out of surgery and was in a serious but stable condition.
The other victim, a woman, was still in the Emergency Department and in a critical condition.
A police spokesperson said a rescue helicopter, police and five ambulances were involved in the manhunt, during which three primary schools and a college went into lockdown.
They have since reopened and most residents have been allowed back into their homes.
