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Homicide investigation launched after five-year-old dies at Rotorua Hospital

February 10, 2020
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Police are treating the death of a five-year-old at Rotorua Hospital over the weekend as a homicide.

The child died on Saturday night.

In a statement today, police confirmed a 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with assaulting a child and is expected to face further charges.

Officers and a forensic science team from forensic science agency ESR visited an address on Union Street, in Rotorua, to "make inquiries into circumstances" surrounding the child's death.

Police say a post-mortem examination is underway.

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