Family and friends of the Rotorua woman whose death has launched a homicide investigation say she had a “heart of gold” who opened her home to children. The body of the 65-year-old, Sharlene Smith, ...

Sharlene Smith (Shar, inset), whose death is the centre of a homicide investigation, was a much-loved mother, grandmother and friend. Family and friends of the Rotorua woman whose death has launched a ...

The death of a woman at a worksite in the Hawke’s Bay town of Omahu is being treated as a homicide. Police were called on February 3 after Sharlene Smith, 64, from Rotorua, was found dead on a Taihape ...