Three people were hospitalised after being stabbed during a fight in Hamilton during the early hours of this morning.
Detective Sergeant Andre Kavanagh said the stabbings occurred during a fight between two groups outside a bar on Hood St about 1.30am.
"An altercation between two groups has resulted in all three members of one group being admitted to Waikato Hospital with injuries, which Police believe were caused by a knife or sharp object," he said.
All three had since been discharged from hospital.
Kavanagh said the offenders left in a blue Ford Falcon that was parked outside the Square Leg Bar on Hood St.