Police have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a man in Palmerston North this morning.
Emergency services were called shortly after 8am to Te Awe Awe St in Hokowhitu where a man was critically injured following an assault, police said this morning.
Despite urgent medical treatment, he died a short time later and one person was arrested at the scene.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said those involved were known to each other.
