The bodies of twin babies have been discovered in a backyard
in Matata in the eastern Bay of Plenty.
Police received a call after the bodies - of premature twins
- were discovered, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Standen
told the Whakatane Beacon.
Whakatane CIB dug in the backyard and did a scene examination
of the rest of the property.
The genders and ages of the babies were not yet known but an
investigation into the deaths was underway, he said.
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