Man arrested after stabbing at Auckland CBD Kāinga Ora complex

A man was arrested following an alleged stabbing at a Kāinga Ora complex in Auckland's CBD overnight.

Inspector Kai Shao said emergency services were called to an apartment building on Greys Avenue at around 10.35pm after reports that two people had received stab wounds.

St John said it responded with two ambulances, two rapid response units, and one manager.

The victims, a man and woman, were taken to Auckland City Hospital with moderate to serious injuries.

A 34-year-old man was arrested at the scene "without incident", Shao said.

He was expected to appear in the Auckland District Court today, charged with two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

"Police are investigating the full circumstances of what happened."

A resident at the Te Mātāwai supported living development told RNZ he said disturbances on the street at this part of the week were "not uncommon", but the one last night seemed "particularly intense".

"I stopped what I was doing and went out and had a look on the balcony. There was a couple of people kind of running around and screaming," Jowitt said.

"You could clearly hear someone yelling, 'I've been stabbed, I've been stabbed, call the police'.

"It seemed very, very drastic, so I went downstairs."

He said he saw staff running outside with phones in hand, with at least a dozen police cars and an ambulance.

"[It's] quite a sad thing to happen in the neighbourhood. I don't know who it was, but I'm sure we'll hear in the coming days," he said.

Kāinga Ora told 1News to direct questions to police.