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Man charged after fatal south Auckland stabbing

A charge has been laid following the fatal stabbing of a 42-year-old man during a family fight in south Auckland.

Police say a 21-year-old man will appear in Manukau District Court on Tuesday charged with assault with a weapon.

No one else was being sought.

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Police were called to a house in Robertson Road, Favona, on Monday night.

"During an argument between family members a man was stabbed at the address and later died undergoing surgery," they said in a statement.

A police guard was at the scene on Tuesday morning

– With NZN