Location:
Northland

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.