A woman has been charged with assault after the suspicious death of a 69-year-old woman in her Napier home.
Meanwhile, Palmerston North police are also treating as suspicious the death of a male at an address in Woodville, Southern Hawke's Bay, yesterday.
Hawke's Bay CIB Detective Senior Sergeant Darren Pritchard said police were investigating the death of a woman at her home on Kennedy Rd, Onekawa, last Sunday night.
A 52-year-old woman had since been arrested and charged with assault in relation to the incident. "Someone has been charged with assault on that woman, who has since died.
"She has appeared in Hastings District Court."