New Zealand / Regional

Man dead following domestic incident near Gisborne

10:56 am on 4 January 2009

A man has died following an armed offenders callout north of Gisborne, according to police.

Wairoa police and the Armed Offenders Squad were called to a family incident involving the 62-year-old man and a woman on Putere Road at Raupunga just before 8pm on Friday, where they found the man dead.

Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the death.