Locals look on as police investigate the scene. Photo / Dan Cook / RNZ
Three homes were cordoned off on Waitaki St this morning. Police had put up a blue tent in the garden on one of the properties. Investigators could be seen taking photos and walking in and out of the house.
Neighbours seemed curious about what was happening across the road.
Lino Rasmussen was one of them. He said he was at the back of his house after 9pm yesterday.
"I was puzzled because I came to the front and I saw flashing lights from my door, so I took a look outside and then I saw all the emergency services," he said.
Rasmussen said it's a quiet street and a good neighbourhood.
"That actually is scary ... you'd think it's out of the ordinary actually to see emergency services on your street as well."
Another neighbour, Cody Glover, only found out what had happened this morning after returning from a night shift. He said it's normally a safe neighbourhood.
"A bit of a shock really ... I've been here all my life," he said.
"Everybody gets along with each other around here, neighbours kind of know who's who, so it's definitely a shock."
A 39-year-old man was due to appear in the Waitākere District Court today. He was believed to have known the victim.
