A man found lying on a Whanganui street with unexplained injuries has died.
Police have launched a homicide investigation in the death of the 56-year-old who was found unconscious and seriously hurt last month.
The man was discovered lying in Tinirau Street in Whanganui East in the early hours of Friday, April 20. He was immediately taken to Wellington Hospital with critical head injuries.
This week he was transferred to Taranaki Base Hospital in what was described as a "serious condition". He died from his injuries on Wednesday night.
Mystery still surrounds how he got his injuries and whether he was the victim of an attack.