Hāwera double homicide: father and son found dead

The two people killed in a Hāwera home early Monday were father and son, court documents reveal.

Police found Stephen Frost and his son Regan Frost-Lawn dead after being called to a property on Manawa pou Rd at 2.30 am Monday, where two bodies were found.

The victims were named in court documents that also revealed that a 21-year-old had been charged with her murder.

The defendant appeared before Judge Tony Greig in New Plymouth District Court Monday afternoon on two counts of murder.

Judge Greig granted the provisional removal of the name and ordered the defendant to reappear in New Plymouth Superior Court on February 9.

For residents waking up near the Manawa pou Rd property, there was shock, horror and confusion.

Some were in shock, while others couldn’t believe what had happened a few feet away.

One resident said they knew the man who lived there and had a couple of children.

“It is quite shocking to hear that something like this happens in Hāwera,” said another.

This neighbor, who shared a boundary fence with the property, said the community and those close to the home would feel it.

“I think everyone is probably in shock and we were like, whoa … And it was just in the back you know?”

He, among the other residents RNZ spoke to, said they had not heard anything on Sunday night or Monday morning.