A post mortem examination has taken place in relation to a 12-year-old boy who died after suffering a chest wound at a property in Pongakawa, near Te Puke on Wednesday (5 November).
The boy can now be identified as Keegan MACPHERSON-PIRINI from Pongakawa.
Police are continuing to make enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death and will be making no further comment while those enquiries are being completed.