Tauranga Police are investigating the death of a woman, believed to have been stabbed to death in Bell St, Judea.
Police were called to the house just before 2pm today where officers found the body of a woman inside the house.
Police are at the scene and the street has been cordoned off.
Worried parents are anxiously waiting to collect children from a daycare believed to be situated next to the property where the woman was found.
Police at the scene are describing the incident as a violent domestic.
A man is helping police with their inquiries.
The age of the woman is not known.
The parents gathered at the cordon declined to comment, saying all they wanted to know was that their children were safe.
A resident inside the cordon said she had to organise someone else to pick her children up from school because she could not leave the street to collect them.
Victim Support has been called to the scene.