False alarm: Mail centre evacuated after suspicious package found near Auckland Airport

Emergency services at the NZ Post centre near Auckland Airport where a suspicious package was found. Photo / Dean Purcell

Police, the fire service and the Defence Force bomb squad were called and up to 50 staff evacuated from the NZ Post mail centre this afternoon - all for a mislabelled parcel.

The bomb disposal team was called in to deal with the suspicious package at the NZ Post centre near Auckland Airport.

A New Zealand Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the scene and arrived shortly before 3pm, a police spokeswoman said. The bomb disposal team had since made the package safe, she said.

Police have now confirmed that the package was incorrectly labelled and was of no risk to the public.

A cordon was put in place on Geoffrey Roberts Rd and Laurence Stevens Dr.

Police were notified of the incident about 2.50pm after Fire and Emergency NZ was called at 2.12pm. Up to 50 NZ Post staff had been removed from the building, an NZ Post spokeswoman said.

A Fenz spokesman said the suspicious package was found at the NZ Post International Mail centre in Laurence Stevens Dr.

A cordon was in place around Laurence Stevens Dr near Auckland Airport while the NZ Defence Force's bomb disposal squad dealt with a suspicious package. Photo / Dean Purcell

Fire trucks from Auckland Airport, Mangere and Papatoetoe fire stations attended the incident, the spokesman said.

No additional security measures had been put in place at the airport, an Auckland Airport spokeswoman said.