Police are investigating the death of a man at Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North. Photo: RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham
A man has been charged with murder after a person died following an assault in Palmerston North on Tuesday.
Police were called to a Te Awe Awe Street address in the suburb of Hokowhitu just after 8am Tuesday, where they located a critically injured man who died a short time later.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said a 24-year-old man has been charged with murder and is expected to make his first appearance in the Palmerston North District Court on Wednesday.
Thompson said the pair were known to each other, and police are not seeking anyone else.
The scene examination at the address is expected to finish on Wednesday and post mortem is being carried out.
The man's body was removed from the scene on Tuesday, during which members of his family were present and a karakia was conducted.
"Police extend our sympathies to the family of the deceased as we continue to work to piece together how he came to suffer fatal injuries," Thompson said.
