A young man is dead and another is in custody following a violent incident in Whangarei last night.
Police said ambulance services received a call from a home in Tikipunga, Whangarei about midnight, with reports that a man was unconscious after a violent incident.
When they arrived they found the 25-year-old man dead.
The man had sustained a number of injuries.
Police said another man at the address was then taken into custody.
The death was being treated as a homicide, and a number of witnesses were being interviewed.