Police are not searching for anyone else in relation to the incident.
One Cambridge Tce resident who lives opposite the property said they saw a man lying dead on the home’s front steps.
“We were having dinner and my daughter saw police cars go past, so I opened the door to look and saw him. Lots of us on this side of the road did.”
They told the Herald the man has two primary-aged children.
“Not even an hour prior I saw him, he was outside on the steps with his kids.“
They said nothing seemed unusual at the time.
A woman who lives next door to the property said she “really got along” with the man who lived at the address.
“It’s just the man, his two kids and his father who live there.
“I’ve never heard anything bad, we keep in touch regularly and look after each other, we always tell each other what’s happening on the street.”
While the investigation was ongoing, police were providing wrap-around support to the whānau of the dead, and the neighbours.
Another neighbour told a Herald reporter at the scene they were badly shaken when they heard of the incident.
“I just bloody bawled my eyes out. I can’t believe it. They’re a good family,” they said.
“Just bloody hell. I just can’t believe it. You see this on the news.
”I’m just absolutely in shock.”