Attributable to Detective Inspector Rhys Johnston, Northland District Crime Manager:
An investigation is underway after a sudden death at a residential address in Haruru falls, near Paihia, in the early hours of this morning.
Emergency services were called to the property about 4.25am, after a report that a man had been found unresponsive.
He was pronounced deceased a short time later.
His death is currently being treated as unexplained, and a post-mortem examination will take place tomorrow.