A man has serious injuries to his head and body after being attacked with a chainsaw.
A neighbour told how she was watching TV as American Idol finalist Candice Glover was about to take the stage when the chainsaw roared into life in the hillside street on the southern side of Whangarei.
Dorothy Harris said a "major argument" had broken out a few doors away, drowning out her favourite Idol's television performance.
"Somebody was revving a chainsaw. I just thought 'what on earth is going on down there?'," she said.