UPDATE: Massey homicide investigation

As stated by Detective Inspector Colin Parmenter, Field Crime Manager, Waitemata Police:

A 63-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Massey, West Auckland, this morning.

Police were called to a report of an assault on Westgate Drive around 8:35am.

The female victim was sadly pronounced dead at the scene as a result of her injuries.

The man was apprehended shortly afterwards further along Westgate Drive, having allegedly fled from the scene in a vehicle.

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