A 14-strong team of police officers is investigating how a 5-year-old boy came to suffer life-threatening head injuries at his Christchurch home.
An ambulance was called to the boy's home in the Christchurch suburb of Papanui on Wednesday afternoon..
He remains in a critical condition at Christchurch Hospital.
Police say a scene examination will continue at a Papanui address over the coming days and a number of people who came into contact with the boy are yet to be spoken to by police.
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