Assault

Two men have been arrested but two more are sought by police after a taxi driver was assaulted in Tauranga.

A man is in an induced coma in Auckland Hospital after he was attacked in a North Shore toilet block last night.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested following a serious assault in Christchurch overnight.

A Kawhia policeman was set upon by up to five people as he attempted to arrest a man for an outstanding warrant.

Police are investigating an attack by a man on a 34-year-old woman in MacLaggan St, Dunedin last night.

A 39-year-old man is in the intensive care unit at Dunedin Hospital with fractures to his skull, neck and possibly his spine after he was "brutally" attacked in a quiet residential area of the city yesterday morning.

A Queenstown man accused of kicking an Australian man in the head in the resort two weeks ago was convicted yesterday and will be sentenced next month.

An early morning fight outside a Lower Hutt service station today has left a 27-year-old man in a critical condition.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged assault which left a 33-year-old man with serious head injuries in the South Canterbury town of Temuka.

Three teenagers are facing serious assault charges after a 42-year-old man was attacked in an Invercargill square.