An elderly woman and her son seriously injured in an assault in their Napier home were on Sunday evening in a stable condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital.
Police were notified of the assault at the woman's home on Kennedy Rd between 7am and 8am on Sunday.
Police tape surrounded the unit on Sunday afternoon and a tarpaulin had been place over what appeared to be the front door.
A spokesperson for Hawke's Bay District Health Board, confirmed the woman in her 90s and man in his 70s were in a stable condition at 4pm on Sunday.