25 Apr 2021

Police ask for public's help while investigating man's death in Tauranga

4:58 pm on 25 April 2021

Police are appealing for the public's help in an investigation into the death of a man in Tauranga.

Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

Police were called to an address in Surrey Grove at 12.20am yesterday morning, where a man had been injured.

He died in Tauranga Hospital last night.

Police have spoken to witnesses and carried out a scene examination in an effort to work out how he was injured.

Anyone with more information should call 105.

Police are also investigating two separate inner city deaths, one in Christchurch and one in Wellington.