UPDATED 11.30am:Â A family had gathered to remember the 11-year anniversary of a young relative's tragic death in a car crash when one of them was allegedly murdered last night.
Police were called to a house in McDonald St in the Ashburton area of Netherby at about 10.30pm.
They had received reports that a 25-year-old man had died at the house as a result of stab wounds.
Tainui James Wano, 25, was found dead at the scene.
A 23-year-old man of Allenton in Ashburton was arrested and later charged with his murder.
He is due to appear at Christchurch District Court today.
Tributes to Wano are already being posted on social media.
His mother was too upset to comment this morning.
It's understood the family are gathering at a house in Ashburton.
On September 13, 2005, 16-year-old Rangi Wano died in a horror car crash in Christchurch.
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