Source: Radio New Zealand
Police at the scene of the death on Harris Rd in Mt Wellington on Friday. RNZ / Felix Walton
A Coroner has made wide-ranging suppression orders, preventing the media from identifying the man stabbed to death in Auckland’s Mt Wellington last week.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder and was due to appear in the Auckland District Court on Monday.
Police previously said the injured man was in an “altercation” with people in a car before he was stabbed on Friday.
He turned up at a medical centre in Mt Wellington with critical stab wounds, having previously been involved in a fight.
The 33 year-old later died in hospital.
The police went to the Coroner seeking an urgent suppression order, preventing the media from reporting the dead man’s name and other details.
Duty Coroner Errin Woolley made the order without the media being given the opportunity to be heard.
The order remained in place until at least December 22.
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