A homicide investigation has been launched after a man found injured at a Gisborne address this morning subsequently died.

Police were called to an Ormond Rd address, between Lytton Rd and Riperata St, shortly after 4am and found the injured 36-year-old man on the on the front lawn of the property.

Tairāwhiti Area Commander Inspector, Danny Kirk, said police rendered first aid and he was taken to Gisborne Hospital where he later died.

“Police have now launched a homicide investigation and are following several lines of inquiry,” Kirk said.

“A person was seen running across Ormond Rd and into Riperata St soon after the incident occurred, and we would like to speak with them.

A homicide inquiry was started yesterday after a man was found with critical injuries on the front yard on a property in outer Ormond Road. He died later in hospital. Photo / Murray Robertson

“The investigation team will be in the area carrying out inquiries over the coming days, but we ask anyone with information, or who heard or saw the incident, to please contact us.

“I know this will cause some unease in our community, but we are working hard to find the person or people responsible.”

Kirk said police officers will have a visible presence in the area.

Information can be shared by making a report online, calling 105 or by visiting a Police station. Please reference Operation Bushman, or the file number 250929/9035.

Alternatively, information can be shared anonymously through Crime Stoppers(link is external) by calling 0800 555 111.

Earlier, police had cordoned off the address on Ormond Rd and asked locals to avoid the area.

A cordon on Ormond Rd, Gisborne, after a homicide investigation was launched on September 29, 2025. NZ Herald photograph by James Pocock