Taranaki Police have launched a homicide inquiry after the death of a 71-year-old woman at a residential property in Stratford yesterday evening (30 January, 2015).
At approximately 10pm last night police received a call from a member of the public who had heard shouting coming from the property.
Upon arriving at the property officers located the deceased woman and a 47-year-old male.
Officers spoke with the man and he was arrested at the scene.
He has subsequently been charged with the woman's murder and will be appearing in the New Plymouth District Court today.