Police are looking for a man who they say has taken off from his bail address in Auckland.
Poitrel Zurich is facing a range of charges including injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and assaulting a woman.
The police said the 24-year-old was a serious risk to a woman he knew.
He was aware officers were looking for him, and actively evading them, they said.
He might be headed to the lower North Island.