Location:

Counties Manukau

Please attribute to Detective Inspector Karen Bright, Counties Manukau CIB:

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a baby boy in Auckland on Wednesday.

On 2 January, the 10-week-old baby was taken to Pukekohe Maternity Hospital in a critical condition, where staff alerted Police.

The baby was transferred to Starship Hospital where it was established he had suffered non-survivable injuries.

Tragically, the baby passed away at the hospital on Wednesday 7 January.