Man in custody following knife attack

A man is in custody after attacking a woman with a knife in a Palmerston North suburb this morning.

A police media spokeswoman said officers were called to an altercation in Higbury at 11:33am today.

The woman suffered a "nick" to the stomach, but it wasn't too serious and she wasn't taken to hospital.

The spokeswoman said a man was in custody in relation to the incident.