10:00 AM
A 16-year-old boy is in Auckland hospital after being stabbed at last night's Christmas in the Park event.
Police said the boy was found lying on the grass by a passer-by who took him to medics stationed at the Auckland Museum.
He has a knife wound to his stomach and has undergone surgery at Auckland Hospital.
Police said they will not be able to speak to the boy to find out what happened until tomorrow as he is heavily sedated.
They said the man who found the boy on the grass did not leave his name with police, and detectives are asking him to come forward.
The boy's injuries are not life-threatening.
Meanwhile, police said the crowds at last night's Christmas in the Park were generally well-behaved and there were only a dozen or so arrests.
- IRN
Boy stabbed at Christmas in the Park
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