A Tauranga property remains corned off on Fraser St as a homicide investigation is underway. Photo / Samantha Motion
Anyone with information about the incident should contact police at 105 and use the reference number 251214/9237.
It is the third homicide investigation launched in New Zealand in as many days.
Rotorua police are investigating the death of a man found with critical injuries in a crashed car on Friday.
Police said his injuries did not appear crash-related.
On Saturday, Central District Police found two people dead at a rural property in Ruatahi, near Whanganui National Park.
A scene examination was expected to take several days.