{"id":101328,"date":"2025-10-26T02:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/101328\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T02:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:56:07","slug":"homicide-investigation-launched-following-death-of-man-in-te-puke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/101328\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation launched following death of man in Te Puke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice would like to hear from anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage in the Manoeka area on Saturday, October 25 between 10am and 11am,\u201d Flowerdew-Brown said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Police attending a homicide investigation in Te Puke on October 26. Photo \/ Rosalie Liddle Crawford\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Police attending a homicide investigation in Te Puke on October 26. Photo \/ Rosalie Liddle Crawford<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe would also like to speak with anyone who may have information that can assist in our investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">A reporter at the scene said four armed police were standing guard on either side of a property at the centre of the police investigation. Orange markers were in the driveway area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Other properties across the road also had their driveways taped off and the property directly opposite had a police car at the end of it<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">People can contact police online at 105.police.govt.nz or by calling 105. Anyone with information should use the reference number 251025\/0395.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\">Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dptlwVDgxxGx\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cPolice would like to hear from anyone who may have CCTV or dashcam footage in the Manoeka area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,1558,12939,634,6179,5504,1874,71,74013,42,8916,78,10933,12898,1743,5158,43,1118,6507,46601,8690,40,38,41,39,4181],"class_list":["post-101328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-been","tag-critically","tag-death","tag-died","tag-following","tag-found","tag-from","tag-gunshot","tag-headlines","tag-homicide","tag-in","tag-injured","tag-investigation","tag-launched","tag-man","tag-news","tag-of","tag-overnight","tag-puke","tag-te","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-wound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}