More than a dozen police vehicles and armed officers descended on suburban Papatoetoe overnight after a person was stabbed and critically injured.
A police spokesperson said they were called to Wallace Rd just after 9pm.
The spokesperson said armed police were sent to the scene as a precaution due to the “very little information” they initially had about the incident.
![Police at the scene of a critical stabbing on Wallace Rd in Papatoetoe. Photo / Hayden Woodward](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UHOYDRTD7FFQBABWWSI5R3XYK4.jpg?auth=6cbe2bd02cf57a5792c31b04d176c53df89af6a80c56e6b2ae46ce84b1a1ff02&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)