29 Dec 2024

Nurse stabbed following Rotorua patient callout

1:15 pm on 29 December 2024
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A nurse has been hospitalised with stab wounds after attending a callout to a property in Rotorua.

Police said they were called to an assault at an address on Maxwell Road in Ngongotaha around 12pm on Saturday.

They confirmed the victim was a nurse and was taken to hospital with stab wounds.

A youth has been arrested and is due to appear in Rotorua Youth Court.

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