Whangarei police are appealing for public help after a 69-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the city last night.
The man is in Whangarei Hospital in a stable condition with multiple knife wounds after police say he was stabbed by at least one assailant in a park on Riverside Dr, Whangarei.
A detective said the man, who was wearing a distinctive yellow raincoat, was walking towards town along Riverside Dr between 6pm and 6.45pm last night.
She said as the man was walking through the small riverside park just past the Riverside Dr Marina he was attacked and stabbed several times.
The man suffered stab wounds and police want help in finding his attacker or attackers.
