Police have closed the end of Wharau Rd, which leads to a bay overlooking the entrance to Kerikeri Inlet. Photo / Peter de GraafPolice have closed the end of Wharau Rd, which leads to a bay overlooking the entrance to Kerikeri Inlet. Photo / Peter de GraafPeter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern AdvocateA police investigation is continuing in Kerikeri where a body was found in a burning car on Tuesday evening. Emergency services were alerted just after 7pm to the blaze at the far end of Wharau Rd, about 10km east of the town overlooking Wharau Bay and the entrance to Kerikeri Inlet in the Bay of Islands. A scene-of-crime trailer at the end of Wharau Rd where police are investigating the discovery of a body in a burning car.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 13, 2021 20:48 UTC