Police are appealing for information from anyone who witnessed a serious assault in Hastings overnight.
The assault, which occurred on Karamu Rd at around 1.15am, left a 49-year-old Napier man with serious injuries.
A Hawke's Bay District Health spokesperson said the man was in the Hawke's Bay Hospital in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit.
A 41-year-old Hastings man, who is known to the victim, had been arrested in relation to the assault.
The Criminal Investigation Branch were conducting a scene examination at the scene this morning and the fire service flew a drone over the general area to map it.