Source: Radio New Zealand
A 50-year-old man faces charges of assault on a family member. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Bay of Plenty police have wrapped up the scene examination of a property where two bodies were found in separate houses.
Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson says officers found the body of a woman at the property on Old Coach Road on Thursday.
A 50-year-old man faces charges of assault on a family member. He was taken into custody and was due to appear in Tauranga District Court on Friday, charged with assault on a person in a family relationship.
Meanwhile, the man’s death was being treated as unexplained.
On Friday, officers also found the body of a man at a separate house on the property.
Post mortems were due to take place.
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