A 59-year-old man has died at a party in Auckland’s west, with police now investigating.
Police were called to the house in Don Buck Rd in Massey at about 9.20pm on Friday night where they found the man “unresponsive”, police said.
“Medical attention was immediately provided however the man subsequently passed away,” police said.
“A 40-year-old man at the property was taken into custody.”
He has been charged with common assault and is scheduled to appear in Waitākere District Court today.
A Herald photographer said 16 police cars could be seen parked near the house on Don Buck Rd.
“A group of people had left the address and were sitting across the road at the bus stop,” he said.
Police then took statements from a number of them, while a scene guard was set up outside the house, he said.
Inquiries into the death were ongoing, police said.
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