As stated by Detective Inspector Colin Parmenter, Field Crime Manager, Waitemata Police:
A 63-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Massey, West Auckland, this morning.
Police were called to a report of an assault on Westgate Drive around 8:35am.
The female victim was sadly pronounced dead at the scene as a result of her injuries.
The man was apprehended shortly afterwards further along Westgate Drive, having allegedly fled from the scene in a vehicle.
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