A 12-year-old boy who suffered a critical chest wound near Te Puke yesterday has died.
The boy was injured at a property in Pongakawa Bush Rd about 4pm.
He died in the early hours of this morning at Waikato Hospital.
Police have refused to say how he was injured.
Police were first on scene and found a the boy with a wound to the chest. Officers assisted family to give CPR and when ambulance personnel arrived they took over the medical care.