17 Dec 2019

Youth arrested over stabbing in Wellington's Central Park

3:13 pm on 17 December 2019

Police have made an arrest following a serious assault in Brooklyn, Wellington earlier this month.

Armed police in Brooklyn, Wellington, after an assault

Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas

Emergency services were called to Central Park just before midday on Friday 6 December.

A woman with life-threatening injures was taken to hospital and was released the following day.

A 16-year-old will appear in the Lower Hutt Youth Court tomorrow.