- Police were negotiating with an armed man holding a person hostage at a Blenheim house.
- The incident began at 5.10pm Friday, with another occupant escaping and no injuries reported.
- Police took a man into custody on Saturday and said a baby was recovered alive.
A man has been charged after allegedly abducting a baby in a family violence incident that turned into an armed standoff with police.
Police were negotiating for 24 hours with the armed man who took a baby hostage at a house in Blenheim on Friday night.
A man armed with a firearm turned up at the Park Terrace house in what police described as a family harm incident.
Police said the man was known to the two occupants inside, with one managing to escape.
