Police are investigating after two separate inner city deaths, one in Christchurch and one in Wellington.
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A man has been charged with murder, after a woman's body was found at a property in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook yesterday evening, police said.
Emergency services were called to the Brooklyn Road address at 6.30pm.
The 42-year-old man was arrested overnight, and was scheduled to appear at the Wellington District Court tomorrow.
Police said they were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the woman's death.
In Christchurch a homicide investigation was launched on Saturday after a death yesterday.
Police said the person was found with critical injuries at an address in the suburb of Sydenham, and later died.
They warned that residents in the area should expect to see a continued Police presence.