New Zealand

Homicide investigation launched in Pukekohe after woman's body found

15:29 pm on 11 March 2021

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead at a property in Pukekohe yesterday.

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Counties Manukau detective senior sergeant Craig Bolton said officers attended the property on McNally Road just after 9am to conduct a bail check.

They found a man with critical injuries, and later located the body of the woman.

Police are still completing formal identification procedures and a scene examination is ongoing.

The man remains in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital.