Police have launched a homicide inquiry after the discovery of a 20-year-old woman's body in the King Country this morning.
Emergency services were called to a house in Benneydale, 35km southeast of Te Kuiti, about 5.20am and found the woman dead, Detective Senior Sergeant Pete van Wetering said.
He added the woman had been at a party last night.
She lived and worked in Benneydale, and had some family in the area.
A man known to the woman was being questioned by police.
The dwelling was secured and remained under police guard.
- NZPA
Woman found dead in house
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