Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a baby's body in a Lower Hutt backyard yesterday.
A security guard was last night watching over the Taita Drive property where the baby was found wrapped in a towel about 10.30am.
Taita Drive resident Maria Tagoai said her neighbour, a woman in her 50s, saw the dead baby wrapped in a towel when she went to hang out the washing yesterday morning.
Ms Tagoai said the woman and her husband, who was at work at the time, were staying with family tonight after the discovery.
Inspector Shane Cotter said the woman was shocked and distressed at the discovery.