29 Nov 2022

Police search for knife after death of Napier woman

7:17 pm on 29 November 2022
Police are searching for a knife similar to this one that could be in the Mārewa suburb of Napier.

Police are searching for a knife similar to this one that could be in the Mārewa suburb of Napier. Photo: Supplied / Police

Police are searching for a knife in relation to the death of Arohaina Henare in Napier earlier this month.

The 34-year-old was found unresponsive at a residential address on Nuffield Avenue, Mārewa on 18 November, and died at the scene.

In a statement, detective sergeant Emmet Lynch said police were asking the public, particularly those who live between Whitmore Park and the Mārewa shops, to check their properties for a knife similar to the one pictured.

Information can be shared with police via 105, or online, quoting file number 221118/1878, or anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

A day after the Henare was found, a 48-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder.

He was granted interim name suppression at the Hastings District Court and is due to appear before the Napier High Court on 9 December.