Police investigating ‘unexplained death’ in Whangaparāoa

Police are treating the death of a woman at a Whangaparāoa property as unexplained.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Stanmore Bay Rd at around 8pm last night.

A police spokesperson said the woman was initially located unresponsive but was pronounced dead by ambulance staff.

“The circumstances surrounding the woman’s death are still being treated as unexplained and police will await the result of a post-mortem examination,” the spokesperson said.

Police are completing a scene examination today as part of their investigation.

A St John spokesperson confirmed they were called to the scene at 7.55pm and responded with one ambulance and one rapid-response vehicle.

A neighbour told the Herald this afternoon that the property was a boarding house.

Police were “often” call into the house where there was a sudden death last night, neighbours say.

A couple the Herald spoke to said police were at the house on Stanmore Bay Rd this morning, speaking with a woman.

They, along with other neighbours, understood the house was used as a boarding home, with people often coming and going.

The couple claimed tenants of the house once broke into another neighbour’s van and stole tools.