A person is due to appear in court today in relation to a homicide in Nelson at the weekend.
Police were called to a domestic incident in Toitoi Street yesterday morning where a man and a woman had been stabbed.
They launched a homicide inquiry after the man died that afternoon at Nelson Hospital.
The woman who was stabbed remains in hospital in a stable condition.
One person is in police custody and will appear in the Nelson District Court today facing charges in relation to the incident.