A scene guard remains in place at a Tauranga address after a homicide investigation was launched at the weekend.

Emergency services were called to Fraser St at 11.40am on Sunday, where they found a man dead.

Police said a person was currently helping with their inquiries.

“Police were not seeking anyone else in relation to this matter,” Detective Inspector Lew Warner said i on Sunday.

The property remained cordoned off with police tape this morning.

A Tauranga property remains cordoned off on Fraser St as a homicide investigation is underway. Photo / Samantha Motion

Anyone with information about the incident should contact police at 105 and use the reference number 251214/9237.

It is the third homicide investigation launched in New Zealand in as many days.

Rotorua police are investigating the death of a man found with critical injuries in a crashed car on Friday.

Police said his injuries did not appear crash-related.

On Saturday, Central District Police found two people dead at a rural property in Ruatahi, near Whanganui National Park.

A scene examination was expected to take several days.