Hunt for assailant continues

Police are still seeking information after a stabbing at a Napier party.

Police investigating a stabbing incident at a party in Napier last Saturday night are still seeking the assailant.

A police spokesperson said an investigation into the incident, which happened outside a house in Plowman Cres, Onekawa, around 11.30pm, was continuing.

About a dozen young people were involved in a confrontation, which police said was believed to have started at the back of the property before moving out on to the street.

A 19-year man received two knife wounds and was taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital.

He was expected to be discharged today.

Police recovered a small knife and a screwdriver from the scene and they were being examined.

-Anyone with any information about what happened is asked to phone Detective Sergeant Glenn Restieaux at Hawke's Bay Police, on 831 0700.