Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Van Kempen:
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was killed at a Mahuta Road address in Five Mile Bay, near Taupo, this morning.
Emergency services responded to a report at approximately 8:30am that a 58-year-old woman had received stab wounds. She was being flown to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition when she passed away.
Police have arrested a 56-year-old man and are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.
He has been charged with murder and will be appearing in Rotorua District Court on Monday.
A scene examination is now being carried out and CIB are making a number of follow up enquiries as well as providing support to the victim’s family.
Now the matter is before the courts Police cannot comment further.
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Issued by Police Media Centre