Stabbing in Brookfield, Tauranga shocks locals

Tauranga's Brookfield community is in shock after a young man was stabbed.

Police were called to Bellevue Rd about 12pm today after the victim was injured. A 26-year-old Te Kaha man was taken to Tauranga Hospital with serious injuries following the attack.

A woman was helping police with their inquiries, a police spokeswoman said.

She said police were not looking for anyone else in relation to the matter and she understood the victim's injuries were not life-threatening.

A police presence was seen across the road from New World Brookfield. Photo / George Novak

A St John spokeswoman confirmed ambulance officers treated a person who had been stabbed at 11.45am. A second patient was treated at the scene.

Police were in the area for a number of hours, talking to residents and neighbours and assessing the crime scene.

A reporter at the scene saw what appeared to be blood on a wooden fence and on the concrete below at a property opposite New World Brookfield.

Police officers were marking points of evidence and photographing the scene.

What appears to be blood is on the fence and ground across the road from New World Brookfield. Photo / George Novak

Ross Bartley, who walks past the Brookfield address daily, said he was shocked to hear the news as it was "generally a nice neighbourhood" but "things like this can happen anywhere".

A police presence was seen across the road from New World Brookfield. Photo / George Novak

Another resident, who had lived on neighbouring Jefferson Place for more than 40 years, said it startled him to see so many police cars.

"I've never seen anything like this around here."

A nearby worker, who only wanted to be known as Denise, said she had heard a bit of commotion from a property, which was followed by sirens.

"I would not want to live around here."

Police officers were at the scene for a number of hours. Photo / George Novak

Young mother Emmajae Robertson, clutching her 10-week-old baby, said she had lived in the area a long time and found the whole thing "really scary".

She said she had never known the area to be like this.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board spokeswoman Diana Marriott said the victim was in a serious but stable condition.