Police are searching for an offender after a brutal day-time assault where a person was thrown off a jetty and held underwater in New Plymouth.
Police confirmed the assault occurred at around 4pm at the Lee Breakwater in New Plymouth on Sunday.
A police spokesperson said a man was on the jetty off Oceanview Parade when he was approached by another man and his two sons.
"The first man was subsequently assaulted by the second man, and at one point was thrown off the jetty and held underwater," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson confirmed the man sustained injuries that required him to be taken to hospital.
Police are now wanting to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the assault or has phone or CCTV footage of it or the offender.
The offender is described as approximately 2 metres tall with a solid build. He had waist-long dreadlocks held back by a black cloth.
He has large tattoos, possibly a full sleeve on one or both arms and was wearing a white singlet, black shorts and jandals.
"If you have any information or footage that would assist Police in their investigations, please call 105 and reference file number 240107/5381. Information can be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111."
