A police investigation has been launched after a young Gore woman was found dead in Australia.
Brooke Tuhakaraina was discovered dead in her bed, with blood on her face, in her home in Western Australia on Wednesday morning, according to media reports.
Originally from Gore, the 19-year-old had been living and working in Western Australia for the past year as a wool handler before her death.
Police were called to the residence in Downes Way at about 7am (AWST) on Wednesday, after reports of an "adult female who was unresponsive".