Palmerston North police have opened an investigation after a woman died in Wellington Hospital following an incident in Feilding on Boxing Day.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thompson said a woman was transported to Palmerston North Hospital early on Friday morning after becoming unwell from an injury she suffered on December 26.
Thompson said, that while in hospital, the woman’s condition deteriorated to the point where she became critically ill.
“She was then transferred to Wellington Hospital where she died today,” he said.