A 61-year-old Havelock North man is in a critical condition with suspected stab wounds after a domestic incident last night.
The incident happened just before 7pm, Hastings Detective Senior Sergeant Dave de Lange.
"It is a family violence incident and the victim and the offender are known to each other. It looks like the victim had been stabbed but we are not sure what with.''
A 31-year-old Havelock North man had been charged with assault and was to appear in Hastings District Court today.
Mr de Lange said at least one of the two men lived at the address, and police were alerted to the incident by a third person who also lived there.