Murder suspect remains at large

File photo / Brett Phibbs

A south Auckland murder suspect remains on the run as police warn the public not to approach him but turn him in.

Patrick Young, 42, is being sought over the bashing death of his stepmother's brother, Aran Jenkanying, 56, at a house in Otara last week.

Mr Jenkanying's sister Arunee, 57, was also badly beaten in what police called a "persistent and ferocious" attack. She is recovering in hospital.

Young fled immediately after the attack, moments before police arrived.

Police described him as dangerous and said the public should not approach him but call 111 immediately. They could not say whether Young was armed.

They also warned anyone who harboured Young knowing he was wanted by police would be committing an offence and that would be treated very seriously.

Mr Jenkanying's life support was switched off a few days after the attack as his family sat at his bedside.

The beating was believed to be the culmination of a row over a home in Otara jointly owned by Ms Jenkanying and Young's late father Francis.

- NZPA