Body found inside Christchurch house

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A body was found inside a Christchurch house overnight in what police are at this stage treating as a suspicious death.

Emergency services were called to a house on Vagues Rd in the Papanui suburb about 11.30pm yesterday.

A body was located inside the property, Senior Sergeant Angela Grace said.

She wouldn't say if it was a man or a woman at this stage.

"We have to identify the body and inform next of kin first."

Nobody was assisting police with inquiries and they were not door-knocking in the area.

There was no evidence of there being a disturbance in the area last night.

Ms Grace said any death was first treated as being suspicious and they then went through an elimination process.

"We are just being cautious on this one," she said.

A post-mortem examination would be carried out on the body before police decided where their enquiries went next.