Police at Manukau velodrome after death of man with critical injuries

3:50 pm on 1 January 2022

Police are investigating the death of a man who arrived at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries.

The man arrived at Middlemore Hospital with critical injuries but later died. Photo: LDR

He died shortly after he arrived around 6am this morning.

Counties Manukau Detective Inspector Karen Bright said a homicide investigation had been launched and police were working to establish the circumstances surrounding the man's death.

A scene examination has been set up at the Manukau velodrome in an effort to work out what happened.