Police announced yesterday afternoon the man had been arrested in connection with the incident at a camping ground on the Otago Peninsula on Thursday, May 30, describing it as a "family harm incident''.
A 43-year-old man will appear in the Dunedin District Court on Friday on charges of kidnapping and attempted murder.
A man and a woman who were in a serious condition after being overcome by the fumes at the Portobello Village Tourist Park, on Otago Peninsula, had by last week both been discharged from hospital.
An Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter, police and firefighters attended the scene at the camping ground after the pair were overcome by lpg fumes.
The case was under investigation but Detective Sergeant Dave Nelson, of Dunedin, declined a request for an interview.
Advertisement
