Police name Moerewa stab victim, as woman appears in court charged with murder

Richard Bristow, 57, has been named as the man killed in a stabbing incident in Moerewa. Image / Google

Police have named the man killed in a stabbing incident in Northland over the weekend.

Richard Bristow, of Moerewa, has been identified as the victim. He was 57.

The release of his name comes after police earlier revealed today that they had charged a woman, 46, with murder.

She is due to appear in the Whangārei District Court this morning.

Emergency services were called to an address on Taumatamakuku Cres near Moerewa, 25km northeast of Kaikohe, on Saturday night.