New Zealand / Auckland Region

Body found at Auckland property

17:51 pm on 10 March 2021

One person has been found dead and another has been found with critical injuries at a house in Pukekohe.

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Police went to the McNally Road address at 9am today where a man was critically injured.

He was taken to Middlemore Hospital and remains in a critical condition.

The death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem will be carried out tomorrow.

"We are now working to formally identify the person and notify their next of kin."

Police have been speaking with local residents and a scene guard will remain in place overnight.