A man died shortly after being dropped off at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital on Saturday night with "critical injuries".
Police said in a statement he was taken to hospital in a private vehicle just before 8.30pm and died soon afterwards.
Police have the vehicle he was transported in and it's being examined.
They say the man may have been with others in Māngere just before 7pm.
The man was driven to hospital after a fight near a Māngere motel. (Source: Other)
"There will be a police presence in Māngere today as investigators speak with people who may have witnessed anything of significance to the inquiry."
A manager at the Oakwood Manor Motor Lodge said a fight took place outside the property last night. It didn't involved guests.
Police have collected camera footage from the lodge. He said they were sad about what happened and wanted to work with police.
Manukau ward councillor Efeso Collins says incidents like these are happening “far too often”.
“There is a bit of lockdown fatigue. There is an increase in domestic violence and some of those tensions boil out into the community which is really saddening for us.
“We’ve got large families and small houses at the moment and this is the behaviour that really sets a level of distrust throughout the community and it will concern many of the families.”
Collins says work was ongoing in the community to try and understand what was driving the higher levels of crime.
“When it reaches this tipping point it’s important for us to understand somewhere along the line the system hasn’t worked.”
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