A man has been charged with murder following the death of a 48-year-old man in Papamoa, Tauranga yesterday.
Police say the 22-year-old man charged was known to the victim and will be appearing in Tauranga District Court tomorrow.
The police investigation is ongoing but no-one else is being sought in relation to the death.
Police still want to hear from anyone who was walking in the Harding Street area between 7.30am and 9am yesterday.
Neighbour Todd Madden, who was walking to their car on the front lawn with his six-year-old at the time of the incident, told the NZ Herald they saw a "young guy covered in blood" in a driveway.
"[He] yelled at me to call the police.
"Police arrived and he laid down on the ground and I grabbed the two kids."
The children told him there was a victim inside "laying in a pool of blood".
"They had been crying loudly for about 30 minutes but I just thought they were being naughty - I wished I had've gone over earlier."
Anyone with information should call Tauranga Police on (07) 577 4300 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
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