Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was killed near Taupo.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Van Kempen said the woman died at a Mahuta Rd property at Five Mile Bay, near Taupo, this morning.
He said emergency services responded to a report of a 58-year-old woman who had received stab wounds about about 8.30am.
She was being flown to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition when she passed away.
Police have arrested a 56-year-old man, and have charged him with murder.