Police are investigating the death of a man found with critical injuries in Taita, Lower Hutt, this morning.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nick Pritchard said emergency services were called to the scene near the intersection of Futter Grove and Hughes Cres just after 5.30am.
The man was confirmed dead a short time later.
"Police are working to understand how the man was injured and at this stage his death is being treated as unexplained," a police spokesperson said.