Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman died following an alleged assault in the Waikato town of Ngāruawāhia this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a fight involving several people on Waipa Esplanade near the intersection with Newton Street about 1.30pm.
"Sometime later, a critically injured woman was taken to the ambulance station on Jordan Street," Police Detective Senior Sergeant Nigel Keall said.
"Despite the best efforts of first responders, the woman died before she could be airlifted to hospital."
Scene examinations are in progress on Waipa Esplanade, where the woman, 42, may have been injured, and at the Jordan Street location where she died.
There is a large police presence in the area and cordons are in place at both scenes.
"We know these events are unsettling for our communities and those involved, and officers will be carrying out reassurance patrols in the area," Keall said.
Anyone with information is asked to help via their website or call 105 and use the reference number 241227/6958.
