To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Saunders:
A 34-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Turipapa Tukere, who died following an altercation in Ngāruawāhia on 27 December.
The man was arrested this morning, following two search warrants in Hamilton carried out with the assistance of the Armed Offenders Squad, and a search warrant in Tauranga.
He is scheduled to appear in Hamilton District Court today.
We would like to thank the Ngāruawāhia community for their support during the investigation into Turipapa’s death.
The investigation is ongoing and we are not ruling out further arrests.
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