Two people are in hospital - one with serious injuries - after reportedly being attacked at a house in West Auckland overnight.
Police and emergency staff
Police have named a man who died in a fatal fire in Coatesville, north of Auckland, as Lee Daniel Roycroft, 42.
Police at the Coatesville property where two people were found dead after a fire.
Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro
Formal identification of the second deceased person was ongoing and police could not identify they them yet.
Post-mortems on the pair had been completed.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nadene Richmond said they were continuing to investigate the fatal house fire that occurred on Tuesday morning. Enquiries are continuing into the cause of the fire and Police have been present at the property on Mahoenui Valley Road today.