A 46-year-old woman accused of stabbing to death a man in the Northland town of Moerewa over the weekend has been charged with murder.
Emergency services were called to the address at about 8.45pm on Saturday, where they found a 57-year-old man who died at the scene.
Authorities ientified the man today as Richard Bristow.
Police said yesterday that a woman was assisting them with a homicide investigation. The two knew each other, they said.
The woman is set to appear in Whangārei District Court today, according to Detective Senior Sergeant Rhys Johnston.
The case is one of two fatal stabbings that occurred over the weekend.
In the Christchurch suburb of Ilam, a 52-year-old man has been charged with murder for the death of a 28-year-old woman around the same time as the Northland incident Saturday night.
The 52-year-old is also accused of stabbing a 31-year-old man before turning the knife on himself. Both suffered serious injuries, police reported.
"This was a domestic incident," Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Anderson said yesterday. "I just want to reassure the community at large that this is an isolated incident and we don't believe that there is any ongoing risk to the community."
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