Unexplained death in Newtown, police making enquiries

The block of flats on Mansfield St, Newtown where the body was found last night. Photo / NZ Herald

Police are making enquiries after a person was found dead at a home in Newtown last night.

A spokesperson for the police said they were called to a nine-storey block of flats on Mansfield St at 6.30pm.

Police officers, both uniformed and plain-clothed could be seen coming and going from the building on Friday morning.

One resident of the building told the Herald the death had occurred on the seventh floor of the building. Another neighbour across the road had no knowledge of the incident when approached by the Herald.

The death is currently unexplained, and police placed a scene guard at the home.

The housing complex is the same where a dead pensioner lay undiscovered for almost a year, and was the scene of a violent murder in 2010.