Officers found the critically injured man on the front lawn of an Ormond Road address - and he later died in hospital.

Police are looking for a person seen running from the scene, just after 4am.

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04 Oct: Waikato have won back-to-back Farah Palmer Cup Premierships

04 Oct: The northbound lanes of the Waikato Expressway are blocked between Cambridge Road and Tauwhare Road following a crash

04 Oct: Mt Maunganui rain has scuppered the Black Caps chances of reclaiming cricket's Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

03 Oct: Police have arrested the rider of a stolen trail bike, after a series of crackdowns in Rotorua

03 Oct: Health authorities are urging people in Northland and central Otago to be on the look out for measles symptoms

02 Oct: Worries over children in Northland, where immunisation rates are low and more measles cases have appeared, to a total of six

02 Oct: Police want to hear of any sightings of a missing 62-year-old man, last seen in Tauranga

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