Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man they say is responsible for a serious assault on a woman in Porirua early this morning.
The woman was attacked after answering a knock at the door of her Durham St home about 5am.
After the woman opened the door a man, who she did not know, entered the house and spoke to the woman for a short time before becoming agitated and punching the woman in the face with "extreme force", police said.
"Another resident at the property was woken by the disturbance, and the man fled the address, leaving in a dark-coloured ute with a canopy that had been parked on Durham St."
The man was described as having a large build and being about 188 centimetres tall.
He was wearing black work boots, a black top, rugby shorts and a face mask, and smelt heavily of alcohol.
